DMM.com has announced that voice actress Ikumi Hasegawa will join the anime KILL BLUE as Mai Otohime, the Mermaid Queen. Alongside the casting news, a new slice-of-life visual was released featuring the Home Economics Club.
Currently airing every Saturday, KILL BLUE is available in North America on Netflix, Crunchyroll, Amazon Prime Video, Rakuten Viki, Plex, the It’s Anime FAST Channel, and YouTube.
The series will also be featured at Anime Expo during the “Shonen Jump anime ‘KILL BLUE’ – Special Homeroom –” panel on July 3 at 12:00 pm PT in Los Angeles.
New Visual:
ADDITIONAL CAST:
Ikumi Hasegawa as Mai Otohime
CAST:
Jūzō Ōgami: Yuko Sanpei
Noren Mitsuoka: Fuka Izumi
Kotatsu Nekota: Shuichiro Umeda
Shin Kohazame: Daisuke Sakuma
Tenma Tendo: Takeo Otsuka
Kazuma Rindou: Shoya Chiba
Eiji Rindou: Yoshiki Nakajima
Chisato Shiraishi: Atsumi Tanezaki
Eri Wanibuchi: Yumi Uchiyama
Jūzō Ōgami (Adult): Shunsuke Takeuchi
STAFF:
Animation Supervisor/Script Writer: Hiro Kaburagi
Animation Director: Yasunori Ide
Character Design: Miho Daidoji
Art Director: Taketo Gonpei
Color Setting: Shiho Suzuki/Yoshinori Horikawa
Director of Photography: Shinya Matsui
Editing: Daisuke Imai
Music: Ryo Konishi
Sound Director: Shoji Hata
Animation Production: Studio CUE
STORY:
A legendary assassin at 39. Starting over… as a middle schooler.
Jūzō Ōgami is a legendary hitman who has never failed an assignment, no matter how impossible. One day, after wiping out a powerful organization, he is stung by a mysterious wasp and collapses. When he wakes up, the fearsome 39-year-old assassin has been transformed into a 13-year-old boy! Before he can even process what happened, his boss delivers a new order: “In that body, infiltrate a middle school.” What awaits him is an unexpected school life filled with colorful classmates, youthful chaos, and looming danger. Can Jūzō ever return to his original form? Or will the assassins closing in on him end his second life before it even begins!?
Source: Press Release
© Tadatoshi Fujimaki/SHUEISHA, Kill Blue Production Committee
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