Following the announcement of the main cast and the release of the first teaser earlier this month, the latest cast members have been added to the upcoming anime film adaptation of Tsuchika Nishimura's The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store manga. Below is a list of all the recent cast additions, along with freshly updated cast images that have been made available on the official website and channels!
Additional Cast
- Kenjiro Tsuda
- Danshun Tatekawa
- Sumi Shimamoto
- Hiroshi Yanaka
- Hiroki Nanami
- Maria Kano
- Miyu Irino
- Kana Hanazawa
- Ayumu Murase
- Emiri Suyama
- Kyōko Hikami
- Risa Shimizu
- Sumire Morohoshi
The fall 2023 release date for the Ghost in the Shell and PSYCHO-PASS producer Production I.G movie has been established. On a screenplay by Satomi Oshima (Raven of the Inner Palace), Yoshimi Itazu, who made his directorial debut with the 2017 TV anime Welcome to the Ballroom, helms his first anime feature film. Character designs will be handled by Run with the Wind animation director Chie Morita, while the soundtrack will be created by tofubeats in collaboration with Utatane Kana, Wataru Sawabe (Skirt), and mochilon.
The manga was published in two tankobon volumes after being serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic Extra Issue. It was the manga division's winner of the Excellence Award at the 25th Japan Media Arts Festival, which was conducted by the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2022.
The manga's official webiste describes The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store anime series below:
All kinds of animals, including ones that are a bit unfamiliar, visit the department store where I work.” Akino is a new concierge at the Hokkyoku Department Store, where all customers are animals. This is a series of short stories, portraying Akino’s growth as she learns about the mentality of being a concierge through her job. At this unusual department store with human clerks and animal customers, extinct animals come to consult with the concierges about items they are looking for or problems they have. As Akino tactfully solves the problems of the customers with a smile, her sincerity gradually softens difficult customers. Combining a job-themed genre with an animal manga element, this work features beautiful graphics. Its artistic details are also attractive, including the customers’ outfits in the glamorous department store and the Art Deco style interior of the store. Behind the story lies a critical eye toward issues such as our mass consumption society and environmental destruction, and the work stimulates the readers’ thoughts.
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