Kadokawa has begun streaming the main promotional video for Doctor Elise, a television anime based on the medical reincarnation fantasy web novel and vertical scrolling manwha by author Yuin and illustrator Mini (Gekai Elise, or Oegwauisa Elise in Korean) on Wednesday. The video further reveals the cast, staff, and anime premiere on January 10. The video also reveals the opening theme song “believer” by Elise (voiced by Yui Ishikawa) and the ending theme song “Listen” by singer Maju Arai.
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Kadokawa also revealed the anime’s second main visual:
© yuin, mini/Surgeon Elise Project
The new cast includes:
Satoshi Hino as Ron
© yuin,mini/Surgeon Elise Project
Daisuke Ono as Lenne De Clorance
© yuin,mini/Surgeon Elise Project
Hiro Shimono as Chris De Clorance
© yuin,mini/Surgeon Elise Project
Sōma Saitō as Michael De Romanoff
© yuin,mini/Surgeon Elise Project
Megumi Han as Yulian De Childe
© yuin,mini/Surgeon Elise Project
Kazuhiko Inoue as Minchester De Romanoff
© yuin ,mini/Surgeon Elise Project
Satoshi Shibata (By the Grace of the Gods) is the art director. Aki Watanabe (I’m Standing on 1,000,000 Lives.) is in charge of color design. Yukina Nomura (I’m the Villainess, So I’m Taming the Final Boss) is the director of photography. Noriyoshi Konuma (The Greatest Demon Lord reincarnated as a typical human) is the sound director. Yui Ando (Mashle: Magic and Muscles) is in charge of sound effects. Simplicity is what makes the sound. Ken Itō (Burning Kabaddi) is composing the music.
Anime stars:
©yuin,mini/Surgeon Elise Project
The anime will premiere on January 10 on AT-X at 9:30 p.m. JST. It will then air on Tokyo MX, BS NTV and Kantele. It will also stream on streaming service d Anime Store on January 10, at 10:00 p.m. JST. The anime will then be streamed on various streaming services in Japan starting January 15.
Kumiko Habara (I’m the Villainess, So I’m Taming the Final Boss) is directing the anime at Maho Film. Deko Akao (Komi Can’t Communication) is in charge of compiling the series. Yūko Watabe is designing the characters. Kakao Entertainment Corp. is an associate producer of the anime.
The story of the anime follows Aoi Takamoto, who used to be an evil queen named Elise before being executed by her husband Linden. When Elise is reincarnated into the modern world as Aoi, she becomes a surgeon to atone for her mistakes. However, after dying in a plane crash, she was once again reincarnated into her previous life as Elise, 10 years before her execution. This time she avoids marrying Linden to prevent a tragedy. With her medical knowledge, she decided she wanted to become a doctor again in this life.
Yuin and Mini launched manwha on KakaoPage in 2017. Tappytoon published the English version as Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady with the Lamp. The series ended in February 2021. There are a total of 10 volumes for the manwha and 4 volumes for the novel. Kadokawa will begin releasing the Japanese version of the original novel on January 15.
Source: Press release, website
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