Magical Sisters Lulutto Lilly Anime Reveals 2 More Cast Members
Bandai Namco Filmworks revealed on Friday two more cast members for Mahō no Shimai Lulutto Lilly (Magical Sisters Lulutto Lilly), the new magical girl television anime that it is presenting with Studio Pierrot. Both characters will appear in the show's 15th episode on October 18.
Hirofumi Nojima as Umezō, an inhabitant of the magical country Felix Star.
Shōgo Yano as Tachibana, an actor playing the headmaster's son in the drama Lilly and Rin are shooting.
The anime's first part premiered on April 5 on the Tokyo MX channel, and also runs on ABC TV, TV Aichi, BS NTV, and AT-X. The anime is running for two cours, with a break in between. The anime's second part debuted on October 4.
The anime is available on streaming services such as Ani-One and Bahamut in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan; Anime Generation and Man-ga (television broadcast) in Italy; Anime Box in Spain; and on various services in Taiwan. Tubi also streams the anime in the United States and Canada.
Bandai Namco Filmworks' YouTube channel started streaming the anime's first two episodes on April 18, which has subtitles in 16 languages including English. The episodes are available in North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and in parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia. Bandai Namco Filmworks has continued streaming the anime's episodes, with the 13th episode posted on October 10, and now has subtitles in 26 languages. As of writing, the anime's full episodes are not available in Southeast Asia.
Previously announced new cast members for the second part include Miyari Nemoto as Asahi Araki, Yusuke Shirai as Mucchi, and Yūko Natsuyoshi as Shiromofu.
K-pop girl group ILLIT performs the new opening theme song "Swingin' Magic." The idol unit Lulutto Lilly, which consists of the anime's main characters Lilly Konpeto (voiced by May Tachibana) and Lulu Mashū (voiced by Nao Ojika) perform the new ending theme song "Dream a la Mode."
Shintarō Dōge (Arknights: Perish in Frost assistant director, Pet episode director) is directing the anime at Studio Pierrot, and is credited for the original character designs. Yūko Kakihara (Blue Box, 2022 & 2024 Urusei Yatsura) is supervising and writing the series scripts. Namiko Tori (Pokémon: Paldean Winds sub-character designer), Hirono Nishiki (My Dress-Up Darling episode key animator), and Asami Sodeyama (Witchy Precure! -MIRAI DAYS-) are designing the characters.
The anime's story centers on sisters Fū and Rui, who used to be close, but have been a bit distant from each other recently. One day, Fū encounters a mysterious spaceship and gains magical powers. At that same time, Rui also gains magical powers, and both transform into the adults they dream to be. The sisters' powers come with two conditions: their magic powers can only be used in one year, and no one must know about it. Unaware of each other's secrets, Fū and Rui become active as idols.
Source: Press release
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