Hanazawa as game creator prodigy, Miyake as raccoon dog boss in September 13 movie
The official X account (formerly Twitter) for Wonderful Precure! The Movie! Doki Doki Game no Sekai de Daiboken (Wonderful Precure! The Movie! Grand Adventure in a Thrilling Game World) film revealed two more cast members on Wednesday.
The newly announced cast members are:
Kana Hanazawa as Natsuki, a prodigy girl who created the amazing Doki Doki Tanukingdom Game Image via Precure! Movie! X/Twitter Account
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Kenta Miyake as Muji na, the boss of Tanuki no Nakayoshi Brothers Ponta and Pokota Image via Awesome Precure! Movie! X/Twitter Account
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The film will open in Japan on September 13.
The film follows Komugi and Iroha on a new adventure as they are drawn into the world of the video game Doki Doki Tanukingdom (Thrilling Raccoon-Dogkingdom).
Characters from Soaring Sky! Precure (Hirogaru Sky! Precure) and Maho Girls Precure! (Mahō Tsukai Precure!) also appear in the film.
YouTube comedy duo Jaru Jaru will guest star in the film as the Tanuki no Nakayoshi (Friendly Panda Brothers) brothers. Junpei Gotō voices Ponta and Shūsuke Fukutoku voices Pokota.
Naoki Miyahara (The First Slam Dunk unit director) is directing the film. Yoichi Kato (Yōkai Watch) is writing the script. Takayuki Murakami is the unit director. Erika Fukasawa is composing the music. Risa Miyadani (Aikatsu! Planet) is designing the characters. Yoshio Tanioka is the art director, while Sayoko Yokoyama is the color key artist. Yuki Ōshima and Kana Sasaki are the directors of photography. Daiki Nakazawa is the CG director. Miho SUGAwara is the sound director. Moeha Nochimoto and Chihaya Yoshitake are performing the ending theme song “Happy≒Future,” while Ami Ishii and Rie Kitagawa are performing the insert song “Daisuki na Kizuna” (Beloved Bond).
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Precure Wonderful! is a television anime set in Animal Town, a town where animals and humans live together in harmony. (The title in Japanese katakana is written as “Wandafuru,” and the “Wan” part can mean “dog” or an onomatopoeia for a dog barking in Japanese.) Second-year middle school student Iroha Inukai is best friends with her dog Komugi. One day, while out for a walk, Iroha and Komugi encounter a mysterious creature called Garugaru that is rampaging through the city. Komugi suddenly transforms into a Pretty Cure named Cure Wonderful to protect Iroha.
Masanori Satō (Butt Detective episode director, Thriller Restaurant) is directing the new anime, and Yoshimi Narita (Futari wa Precure Splash Star, Futari wa Precure Splash Star Tick Tack Kiki Ippatsu!, Futari wa Pretty Cure Max Heart) is supervising and writing the series scripts. Yoko Uchida (2023 Rurouni Kenshin, Mecha-Ude) is designing the characters,
NaSka (2023 Rurouni Kenshin) is designing the costumes and props, and Rie Iida (Delicious Party♡Precure, Go! Princess Precure, Hugtto! Precure) is in charge of art design. Miki Imai (Hugtto! Precure, Eiga Precure All Stars F, Eiga Precure Dream Stars!) is the art director for the anime (her original Japanese title is “art director”), Naomi Kiyota (Eiga Delicious Party♡Precure Yume Miru ♡ Okosama Lunch, Eiga Tropical-Rouge! Precure: Yuki no Princess to Kiseki no Yubiwa!) is the color key artist, and Erika Fukasawa is composing the music. ABC TV, ABC Animation, ADK Emotions, and Toei Animation are producing the anime.
The television anime premiered on February 4 on Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), TV Asahi, and their 22 affiliate channels, at 8:30 a.m. JST. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime in North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Commonwealth of Independent States, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa.
Source: Awesome Precure! Movie! X/Twitter account, Natalie comic