Six new voice actors will join the cast of the original Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night anime television series. The anime premiered in Japan on April 7, 2024 and will air a total of 12 episodes.
New cast members for additional supporting characters (from left to right below) include:
• Ayu Matsuura as Kaho • Chika Anzai as Mion • Nao Toyama as Arieru • Asami Seto as Koharu • Yuko Kaida as Yukine • Hekiru Shiina as Honami © J/JPC
They join the anime's main cast including:
• Miku Ito as Mahiru Kozuki • Rie Takahashi as Kano Yamanouchi • Miyu Tomita as Kiwi Watase • Miyuri Shimabukuro as Kim-Anouk-Mei Takahashi • Sumire Uesaka as Miko • Miho Okasaki as Mero Seto • Yukina Shuto as Momoko Yanagi • Sally Amaki as Akari Suzumura
Ryohei Takeshita (Eromanga Sensei, director of Pokémon: Paldean Winds) serves as director, with Yuuki Yaku (junior Tomozaki creator) as scriptwriter and scriptwriter for the series, and illustrator popman3580 as the designer. original character designers, Junichiro Taniguchi (Sing Today for Me) as character designer and co-chief animation director, and Masaru Yokoyama (Horimiya) as composer. Doga Kobo is in charge of producing the animation.
Other staff members include Chiaki Nakajima (Love Lab character designer) and Shuri (OSHI NO KO Episode 11 animation co-director) as supporting character designers, Akiko Toyota (Girlfriend, Girlfriend character designer ) and Asuka Suzuki (Synduality Noir Supporting Character Co-Designer) as additional animation co-directors, Yuuji Kaneko (Tengoku Daimakyo) as art director, Kei Ishiguro (OSHI NO KO) as color designer, Hamunezukob is the anime's sketch illustrator and Takafumi Kuwano (OSHI NO KO) is the composition director. Shinnosuke Oota (co-main animation director for Warlords of Sigrdrifa), Saurabh Singh and Kazuma Nakao (Shikimori's Not Just A Cutie OP, Episodes 4, 6 and others. co-animation directors) are credited as animators main image.
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Niko Fujii's manga launched on Kodansha's Magazine Pocket app on April 7, 2024. A light novel adaptation, written by Yaku and illustrated by popman3580, will be released under Shogakukan's Gagaga Bunko imprint on April 11, 2024. May 20, 2024.
HIDIVE is streaming Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night in select English-speaking territories, while Muse Asia is streaming in Southeast Asia.
HIDIVE describes the main premise of the series as:
Shibuya is a city full of character. It was here, on the late-night streets of Shibuya, that illustrator Mahiru Kozuki, former idol Kano Yamanouchi, Vtuber Kiui Watase, and composer Mei Kim Anouk Takanashi—four young women somewhat unfamiliar with the world—came together. together formed an anonymous artist group called JELEE. “I” also want to shine like anyone else. If it's not me but “we” then we can shine.
Source: Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night Official TwitterComic Natalie