The production staff of Tsuyoshi Yasuda's Blue Miburo (Ao no Miburo) television anime announced on Saturday that five new actors will join the series starting with the Aizu Clan arc in episode 5, airing on November 16. .
Ayumu Murase will play Seto, a half-British boy who works at a kimono shop.
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Makoto Ishii will play the historical figure Matsudaira Katamori, the 9th daimyō of the Aizu clan.
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Kenji Hamada will play Fujita, an Aizu clan samurai whose companion is a victim of the “Five Demons” group of assassins.
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Mitsuru Miyamoto will play Jutarō Komura, a member of the assassin group “Five Demons.”
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Tōru Sakurai will play Kyoshiro, a member of the assassin group “Five Demons”.
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The series premiered on October 19 and airs on Saturdays at 5:30 p.m. (3:30 a.m. EST) on YTV and NTV channels, as well as on their affiliated channels. The series will last for two consecutive sessions (quarters of the year). Crunchyroll is streaming the series as it airs. YTV screened the world premiere at this year's Anime Expo event in July. Anime held its Japanese preview on October 9 at the Ikebukuro HUMAX Cinema in Tokyo.
Shūichirō Umeda plays the main character Nio. Yōhei Azakami plays Hijikata Toshizō, Kenshō Ono plays Okita Sōji, Chiaki Kobayashi plays Saitō Hajime, Shun Horie plays Tanaka Tarō, Ryōta Takeuchi plays Serizawa Kamo, Tomokazu Sugita plays Kondō Isami and Megumi Ogata plays Kikuchiyo.
Kumiko Habara (I'm Standing on 1,000,000 Lives, I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss, Surgeon Elise) is directing the anime at Maho Film. Kenta Ihara (Gamera-Rebirth-; I'm the Villainess, So I'm Taming the Final Boss; Uncle From Another World) is responsible for writing the series' script. Yūko Ōba (I'm the Villain, So I'm taming the Final Boss; I'm standing on 1,000,000 lives.) and Miyako Nishida (My unique skills make me OP even at Level 1; If it's for my Daughter, I'd even defeat the Demon Lord) designing the character. Toshiki Kameyama is the sound director. Yuki Hayashi is composing music. SPYAIR performs the opening theme song “Ao”(Blue). THE JET BOY BANGERS (from EXILE TRIBE) performs the ending theme song “UNBREAKABLE”.
Publisher Kodansha USA licensed the manga in English under the title The Blue Wolves of Mibu and describes the story:
Nio is an orphan who dreams of a better world. In this action-packed manga, he meets two men who show him how much just a few swords can change history.
This gripping samurai series from the acclaimed author of Days shares a setting with Rurouni Kenshin and chronicles the founding of the Shinsengumi by handsome and volatile men fighting for justice…and for themselves!
Yasuda launched the manga in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine in October 2021. Kodansha published the series' 14th compiled book volume on July 17.
Yasuda's soccer manga DAYS also inspired a television anime in 2016 and five original video anime episodes between 2017 and 2018. Yasuda's cycling manga Over Drive inspired a television anime in 2007.
Source: Blue Miburo official website, Natalie Comics
