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The Apothecary Diaries Anime Casts Houko Kuwashima
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The official Twitter account for the anime adaptation of Natsu Hyūga and Touko Shino's The Apothecary Diaries (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto) light novel series revealed on Friday that the anime has cast Houko Kuwashima as Fengxian, a former courtesan living with an illness in an annex building at the Verdigris House. The character will appear in the anime's 18th episode on Saturday.
🍃『#薬屋のひとりごと』🍃
— 『薬屋のひとりごと』アニメ公式 (@kusuriya_PR) February 9, 2024
🎊追加キャスト発表🎉
病に臥せる妓女・鳳仙（フォンシェン）役に#桑島法子 さんが決定✨
📺第18話は2/10（土）24：55～
日本テレビ系にて順次全国放送！ pic.twitter.com/QHUzqFttsP
The anime's second cours (quarter of a year) debuted on January 6. Uru is performing the new opening theme song "Ambivalent," and wacci is performing the new ending theme song "Ai wa Kusuri" (Love is Medicine).
Other new cast members in the second cours include Takuya Kirimoto as the monocle-wearing strategist Lakan, Kaori Nazuka as the mysterious court lady Suirei, and Kōki Uchiyama as Lakan's subordinate Rikuson.
The anime premiered on October 21 with the first three episodes, and will air for two cours. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime as it airs in Japan and is also streaming an English dub.
Norihiro Naganuma (The Ancient Magus' Bride season 1) is directing the anime at TOHO animation and OLM, and Naganuma is also supervising the scripts. Akinori Fudesaka is the assistant director. Yukiko Nakatani (Go! Princess Precure, Tropical-Rouge! Precure) is designing the characters. Shōji Hata is the sound director. Satoru Kousaki (Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-), Kevin Penkin (Made in Abyss), and Arisa Okehazama (ONIMAI: I'm Now Your Sister!) are all composing music for the anime.
Sources: The Apothecary Diaries anime's Twitter account, Comic Natalie
