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Hai to Gensou no Grimgar Anime Cast & Character Designs Revealed

The official website of the anime adaptation of Ao Jumonji and Eiri Shirai’s Hai to Gensou no Grimgar (Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash) light novel series has revealed the first cast and character designs of the January anime.

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The main cast of the anime has been revealed alongside their first set of character designs, which include:

  • Yoshimasa Hosoya (Junpei Hyuuga in Kuroko’s Basketball) leads the cast as Haruhiro

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  • Nobunaga Shimazaki (Haruka Nanase from Free!) is voicing Manato

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  • Hiroyuki Yoshino (Allelujah Haptism in Mobile Suit Gundam 00) will voice Ranta

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  • Fukushi Ochiai (First Major Anime Role) as Moguzo

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  • Mikako Komatsu (Neko in K) voices Yume

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  • Haruka Terui (Yuuna Yuuki from Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru ) will play Shihoru

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The supporting cast includes:

  • Tomokazu Seki (Itaru Hashida from Steins;Gate) will voice Renji

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  • Daisuke Namikawa (Rokuro Okajima in Black Lagoon) as Kikkawa

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  • Hiroki Yasumoto (Germany from Hetalia) voices Britney

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  • Mamiko Noto (Kotomi Ichinose in Clannad) portrays Barbara

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The first members of the anime’s production staff were revealed and includes:

  • Director and Series Composer: Ryosuke Nakamura (Aiura, Aoi Bungaku Series)
  • Anime Character Designer: Mieko Hosoi (Aiura, Aoi Bungaku Series)
  • Animation Studio: A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso)

Concept art of the anime’s environments have also been revealed:

Here is the first promotional video for the anime:

Hai to Gensou no Grimgar (Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash) is a fantasy light novel series written by Ao Jumonji and features illustrations from Eiri Shirai. The series began in 2013 and is being published under Overlap Bunko. To date a total of 6 volumes have been released. The series also inspired a manga adaptation by Mutsumi Okubashi, which is being serialized in Square Enix’s Gangan Joker magazine since April this year.

Here is the series synopsis from MAL:

Why are we here? Why are we doing this?

Before Haruhiro had realized what happened, he was surrounded by darkness. Why was he here? Where was here? Even now, he still didn’t know. Those around him were the same as him, no one remembered anything other than their own names. And when they emerged from the darkness, the world that awaited them seemed like something out of a video game.

In order to survive, Haruhiro forms a party with the others, learns fighting skills, and as a soldier in the reserve force, takes his first steps into the world of Grimgar. What awaits him there, he doesn’t know…

This the story of an adventure born from the ashes.

The Hai to Gensou no Grimgar TV anime will air from January 2016 during the Winter 2015/2016 anime season. Additional information about the series will be revealed in the upcoming weeks.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://grimgar.com/
And follow their Twitter: @grimgar_anime

 
Source Article and Images – Hai to Gensou no Grimgar Anime Website
Source Article – Anime News Network
“Hai to Gensou no Grimgar”, “Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash”, images, video and all associated brands and titles © 2015 Ao Jumonji, Eiri Shirai, Overlap Bunko, A-1 Pictures and the Hai to Gensou no Grimgar Production Committee