Yamaji plays the homeroom teacher in the January anime
Kadokawa announced on Saturday that the television anime based on Sawayoshi Azuma’s The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil (Oroka na Tenshi wa Akuma to Odoru) manga has cast Kazuhiro Yamaji in the role of teacher Hiromura.
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Shiromura is the homeroom teacher of Akutsu and the other students. The company describes him as “a nice guy, at the top of his class with a strangely masculine appearance and middle-aged sadness.”
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The anime will premiere in January 2024. Crunchyroll will launch streaming of 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!
Anime stars:
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 published the manga’s 16th compiled book volume on October 26. The first volume of a spin-off manga was also published on October 26. October.
Source: Press release
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