The staff of the television anime adaptation Yuritaro's Kaya-chan Isn't Scary (Kaya-chan wa Kowakunai) horror action manga revealed on Thursday additional cast and staff, theme song artists, a second promotional video, and the anime's January 11 premiere. The video reveals and previews the opening theme song "Maboroshi no Yukue" (The Phantom's Destination) by Isekaijoucho, and the ending theme song "Playmour feat. Kaya-chan" (as voiced by Azusa Tachibana) by artists SAKED and TAO.
The newly announced cast are:
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Kaya-Papa (Shizuo Satō)
Mamiko Noto as Kaya-Mama (Mirai Satō)
Haruka Tomatsu as Nana Ebisumori
Yoshiko Sakakibara as Mutsu Ebisumori
New additional staff includes:
- Art Setting/Art Director: Ayumi Satō
- Color Design: Ritsuko Utagawa
- Compositing Director of Photography: Natsuki Yoshizawa
- Editing: Gō Sadamatsu
- Sound Effects: Hiromune Kurahashi
- Music Production: Pony Canyon
The anime will debut on TV Tokyo and its affiliates on January 11 at 5:30 p.m. JST, and on AT-X at 9:00 p.m. JST. The anime will air on WOWOW starting on January 13.
The anime stars:
- Azusa Tachibana as Kaya-chan
- Maaya Uchida as Chie-sensei
- Yūki Kaji as Namu
- Fukushi Ochiai as Mobuo
- Azusa Tadokoro as Akira-sensei
- Shiori Izawa as Chihiro-sensei
Hiroshi Ikehata (365 Days to the Wedding, Kiratto Pri☆Chan) is directing the anime at East Fish Studio. Shigeru Murakoshi (Zombie Land Saga, Ninja Kamui) is overseeing the series scripts, Tarō Yamadaand Hiroyuki Moriguchi are designing the characters, and Kohta Yamamoto and Shun Narita are composing the music. Yukio Nagasakiis the sound director.
Seven Seas has licensed the manga, and released the first volume on April 29. The company describes the manga:
Kaya-chan is a notorious problem child in her kindergarten, but none of the adults know her secret--till Chie-sensei is put in charge and learns of Kaya-chan's hidden ability to see evil spirits and vanquish them with a punch! What will happen to this five-year-old who gets in trouble when she's only trying to help?
The manga launched on Shinchosha's Kurage Bunch website in April 2022. Shinchosha released the manga's seventh compiled book volume on June 9, and will release the eighth volume on January 8.
Source: Press release