#Misaki no Mayoiga Anime Film Gets New Trailer, Additional Cast

The official website for the upcoming anime film adaptation of Sachiko Kashiwaba’s The House of the Lost on the Cape (Misaki no Mayoiga) novel revealed a new trailer and additional cast for the film.

The newly added cast members include Sally Amaki as Zashiki-warashi, Mikio Date as Kappa of Toyosawagawa, Takeshi Tomizawa as Kappa of Kitakamigawa, and Shōhei Uno as Kappa of Mabechigawa. Other cast members include Mana Ashida as Yui, Sari Awano as Hiyori, and Shinobu Otake as Kiwa-san.

The staff includes Shinya Kawatsura (Sagrada Reset, Kokoro Connect) as director, Reiko Yoshida (K-ON!, Violet Evergarden) as scriptwriter, Hiroshi Shimizu (Seven Days War) as character designer and chief animation director, Yūki Hatakeyama as Aiko Mizuno (Cells at Work!) as color designer, Naotaka Watanabe (Planetarian) as photography director, and Yuri Miyauchi as music composer. Kamogawa is credited with the original character designs while Takumi Tanji is credited with the “Fushigitto” original designs. David Production is in charge of the animation production.

Set to release on August 27, the adaptation of Sachiko Kashiwaba’s award-winning novel follows 17-year-old Yui and 8-year-old Hiyori, who ran away from home and lost her parents and voice respectively. They meet an old lady called Kiwa-san, who lives in a mysterious traditional house on a cliff overlooking the sea called Mayoiga. One day, some yōkai called “Fushigitto” come to Kiwa-san to request help in investigating mysterious happenings in the town.

Source: Misaki no Mayoiga website, Twitter