TV Tokyo’s official Skip Beat! anime site has updated with cast information– and a star-studded seiyuu affair it is! Perhaps unsurprising for such a popular shoujo series whose anime is rather long-awaited.
Our heroine, the determined and much-abused Kyoko (right in the picture above), will be voiced by Marina Inoue (Gurren Lagann’s Yoko, Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei’s Chiri Kitsu). Her dumbass boyfriend Shou (bottom left) is Mamoru Miyano (Death Note’s Light, Gundam 00’s Setsuna). Aaaand the smoldering actor Kyoko becomes close to, Ren (top left)? None other than Katsuyuki Konishi (Gurren Lagann’s Kamina, Bamboo Blade’s Ishida-sensei).
On the staff front: the anime will be directed by Kiyoko Sayama, director of Pretear and Vampire Knight. Whee!
Word from Animate is that the shoujo reverse-harem (non-adult) game Heart no Kuni no Alice ~Wonderful Wonder World~ (translates to something like “Alice of the Heart’s World”) is going to get an OVA.
The visuals are pretty reminiscent of that one chapter of Ouran Host Club that’s an Alice in Wonderland reference, but somewhat less goofy– but very, very shoujo. Honestly, I’m not all that impressed with the game art, pictured above…Alice looks kinda dumb.
But I hope that the OVA will keep the voice cast from the game. Why? Because Katsuyuki Konishi– aka Gurren Lagann’s Kamina –plays the Mad Hatter, who is apparently also known as Blood Dupre. And Jun Fukuyama (Code Geass‘ Lelouch, xxxHOLiC’s Watanuki) plays Tweedles Dee and Dumb. YARR. Also in the cast (now with 100% more official romanizations):
Tsuguo Mogami in his first major role: the March Hare/Elliot March
Yuuko Kaida (Hevlaska in D.Gray-Man) as the Queen of Hearts/Vivaldi
Kouki Miyata (Kyo Kara Maoh!’s Ken Murata) as the White Rabbit/Peter White
Takehito Koyasu– one of Japan’s most prolific seiyuu, Gundam Wing’s Zechs, One Piece’s Admiral Aokiji –as the watch seller/Julius Monray
Daisuke Hirakawa (School Days‘ notorious Makoto) as the Ace of Hearts
Noriaki Sugiyama (Bleach’s Ishida, Naruto’s Sasuke, Fate/Stay Night’s Emiya– what a trio) as the Cheshire Cat/Boris Airay
Kenyuu Horiuchi (Metal Gear Solid’s Raiden, Yakitate!! Japan’s Brad Kidd– and, interestingly, he’s listed as Brad Pitt’s dub voice in general, among others, on Wikipedia as Mary Gowland
In other words? A made-for-anime cast. Yum.
