Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden Anime Adds 2 More Cast Members
The staff for the television anime of Umikaze Minamino's Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden (Kyōran Reijō Nia Liston: Byōjaku Reijō ni Tenseishita Kami-goroshi no Bujin no Kareinaru Musō Roku) light novel series revealed the anime's second "situation visual" and two additional cast members on Tuesday.
The newly announced cast members are:
Tomoyo Takayanagi as Neil Liston, Nia's brother
Yūki Urushiyama as Lynette Blanc, Neil's maid and guard
J-Novel Club releases the novels digitally and describes the story:
A great hero lies undefeated on her deathbed, regretting that she never found a foe who could take her down. She never intended to meet her fate anywhere other than on the battlefield, and her peaceful demise has her wishing desperately that things could have been different...But when she suddenly comes to in the body of the young, frail Nia Liston, she's got an all-new fight ahead of her. Nia is a sickly child, meaning she has a long way to go before she's in fighting form. Now that she's been given a second shot at life, however, she's determined to get what she wants. She's going to live—and die—for battle this time! Make way for the Merciless Maiden!
The anime stars:
- Honoka Inoue as Nia Liston
- Fūka Izumi as Rinokis Funk
- Rina Honnizumi as Hildetora Altoir
- Rina Hidaka as Reliared Silver
- Taku Yashiro as Anzel
- Yōko Hikasa as Fressa
- Satoshi Hino as Gandolf Rogen
- Kōichi Sakaguchi as Bendelio
- Junichi Suwabe as Hyurence Altoire
- Maaya Uchida as Sharro White
- Kazuyuki Okitsu as Asuma
Motoki Nakanishi (Love Is Indivisible by Twins, Summoned to Another World for a Second Time) is directing the anime at KONAMI animation with Haruta Segi as the assistant director. Gigaemon Ichikawa (Himitsu no AiPri, PuniRunes three seasons) is in charge of series scripts, Yūki Itō (Mob Psycho 100 II OAV key animator) and Kana Tosaoka (Kantai Collection -KanColle- film in-between animator) are designing the characters. Naoki Endō (Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Nijiyon Animation) is composing the music, and Hiromi Kikuta (Aikatsu!, Blue Period, Haikyu!!) is directing the sound. VTuber Tsunomaki Watame performs the opening theme song "Respawn!!."
The additional staff members are:
- Color Key Artist: Ryōta Katsuta, Maki Yamamoto
- Art Setting: Barnstorm Design Labo
- Art Director: Hiroshi Gōroku
- Background Art: Makaria
- Compositing Director of Photography: Takashi Ōde
- Editing: Masayuki Kurosawa
The anime will premiere on October 6 on Tokyo MX at 9:25 p.m. JST, then on the BS NTV, and MBS channels, and will run for two consecutive cours (quarters of a year). The anime will also stream on ABEMA, d Anime Store, and U-NEXT after its broadcast. HIDIVE will stream the anime as it airs. The anime will also hold an advance screening event for its first three episodes on September 22 at the esports TOKYO BAY studio.
Minamino launched the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in 2019, and ended its run there in 2021. Hobby Japan started publishing the novels with illustration by Jishaku in September 2022. Katana Canata started drawing the novels' illustration from its third volume in 2023. (The anime credits both illustrators for the original character designs.) Hobby Japan will published the 12th volume on October 1.
Kabuto Kodai launched the novels' manga adaptation on Square Enix's Manga UP! service in 2022. Square Enix published the manga's first compiled book volume in May 2023, and will publish the ninth volume on October 7. Square Enix's Manga UP! Global service publishes the manga in English.
Sources: Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden anime's website, Comic Natalie
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