The production team for the television anime based on Sawayoshi Azuma’s The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil (Oroka na Tenshi wa Akuma to Odoru) manga revealed two new cast members and the January 8 anime premiere on Sunday.
The newly announced cast members are:
Masako Nozawa as Joe, Akutsu’s spiritual avatar as he and Lily participate in the “Battle of Otoshiai”
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Mayumi Tanaka as Chum, Lily’s spiritual avatar as she and Akutsu participate in the ‘Battle of Otoshiai’
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Anime stars:
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The anime will premiere on January 8 on TV Tokyo and TV Osaka channels at 11:30 p.m. JST (effective January 9 at 1:30 a.m. or January 8 at 11:30 a.m. EST). The anime will also air on BS TV channels Tokyo and AT-X, and will stream on streaming service d Anime Store. Crunchyroll will stream the series as it airs.
Crunchyroll describes the story:
Masatora Akutsu, a demon on a recruitment mission at a human high school, is recruiting allies for Hell to fight the angels of heaven. But when he sits next to the charming Lily Amane, he’s in for a hilarious surprise!
The group “Taiyō to Odore, Tsukiyo ni Utae” will perform the opening theme song “Otowa”. Kaori Ishihara will perform the ending theme song “Gift”.
Itsuro Kawasaki (Cardfight!! Vanguard G NEXT, The Yakuza’s Guide to Babysitting) is writing and directing the anime at Children’s Playground Entertainment (in collaboration with GAINA). Yūko Yahiro (Diabolik Lovers, Kaguya-sama: Love is War) designed the characters, Takurō Iga (Oshi no Ko, Fuuka) composed the music, and ANLA is in charge of music production.
Azuma launched the manga in Kadokawa’s Dengeki Maoh magazine in June 2016. Kadokawa will publish the manga’s 17th compiled book volume on December 27. The first volume of the spin-off manga will be released on December 26. ten.
Source: Press release
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