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The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague TV Anime Reveals English Dub's Cast, Premiere
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The dub cast includes:
- Lee George as Himuro
- Kristen McGuire as Fuyutsuki
- Austin Tindle as Saejima
- Caitlin Glass as Komori
- Shawn Gann as Chief
- Macy Anne Johnson as Nyamero
Michelle Rojas is directing the English dub with ADR engineer Stevie Rae Krieger. Leah Clark is writing the English script. Neal Malley is the ADR mixer.
The anime had an advance streaming on the ABEMA service on January 3, before its premiere on January 4 on Tokyo MX, ABC TV, and Nagoya Broadcasting Network. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime as it airs in Japan. The anime will have four Blu-ray Disc releases, shipping once a month from April through July 2023.
The anime stars:
- Yui Ishikawa as Fuyutsuki
- Chiaki Kobayashi as Himuro
- Yumi Uchiyama as Komori
- Kōki Uchiyama as Saejima
- Ayane Sakura as Otonashi
- Shugo Nakamura as Katori
- Hiyori Nitta as Yukimin
The "workplace fantasy romantic comedy" revolves around Himuro-kun, a modern-day descendant of the Snow Woman from Japanese folklore, and his seemingly aloof, eccentric yet kind colleague Fuyutsuki. Himuro-kun tends to freeze nearby objects or summon a snowstorm when he is agitated, and he also happens to have a secret crush on Fuyutsuki. However, Fuyutsuki is nearly completely oblivious to anything around her.
Mankyū (Sumikkogurashi – Good to be in the corner) is directing the anime at Zero-G and the new studio Liber (established in 2021). Tomoko Konparu (Blue Spring Ride, Love All Play) is overseeing the series scripts. Miyako Kanō is designing the characters. Ruka Kawada (Isekai Quartet, Is the order a rabbit?) is composing the music.
Additional staff members include:
- Chief Animation Directors: Miyako Kanō, Yuji Ushijima
- Prop Design: jimao
- Art Director: Eiji Iwase
- Color Key Artist: Sachiko Urushido
- Compositing Director of Photography: Tomomi Saitō
- Editing: Shun Tokuda
Takao Sakuma is performing the opening theme song "Frozen Midnight." Nowlu is performing the show's ending theme song "Rinaria."
Tonogaya launched the manga on social media where it gained popularity, and is now serializing it on the Gangan pixiv service. The manga is ongoing. Square Enix published the manga's first compiled book volume in Japan in July 2019. The company released the manga's seventh volume on December 21.
Comikey licensed the manga in English.
Source: Crunchyroll (Liam Dempsey)
