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Anime Spotlight - Kamisama Kiss (Kamisama Hajimemashita) (2nd Season)

by Anthony Foronda,

Kamisama Kiss (Kamisama Hajimemashita) (2nd Season)

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Broadcast Begins January 5 (JST)

Key Staff

Director: Akitaro Daichi
(Kamisama Kiss, Fruits Basket, Jubei-Chan – The Ninja Girl Secret of the Lovely Eyepatch)
Character Design:Junko Yamanaka
(Kamisama Kiss, Case Closed, The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior )
Music: Toshio Masuda
(Kamisama Kiss, Naruto, Di Gi Charat Nyo )

Introduction

The training for the high school girl god of tying relationships together which connects the supernatural to the humans begins once again!

Story

Nanami Momozono is a high school girl who is still quite unskilled as the resident god of Mikage Shrine. One day, Otohiko the Wind Lord came by with an invitation to Kamu-Hakari, a conference where all the gods from all over the country gather in Izumo.

Characters

Nanami Momozono
VA:Suzuko Mimori

The main protagonist of this story. She trains to be a god every day alongside her high school life along with the divine messengers Tomoe and Mizuki.

Tomoe
VA:Shinnosuke Tachibana

Divine messenger for Mikage Shrine. Looks over Nanami with much worry as she tries her best to be the resident god.

Kurama
VA:Daisuke Kishio

KURAMA the super-popular visual-kei idol suddenly transferred into the high school that Nanami attends. His true identity is a crow tengu that resides on Mount Kurama.

Mizuki
VA:Nobuhiko Okamoto

The second divine messenger for Mikage Shrine, and the embodiment of a white snake. Can't quite hate this guy with his carefree attitude and slightly spoiled demeanor.

Mikage
VA:Akira Ishida

A resident god and the master of Mikage Shrine. Missing ever since entrusting Mikage Shrine to Nanami. The very one that brought Tomoe as the divine messenger way back in the past when Tomoe was doing bad things in a human village.

Otohiko
VA:Hiroki Takahashi

The Wind Lord and Mikage's old friend. Speaks in a very feminine (queer) way. Is he guiding Nanami as a god..?

Akuraou
VA:Junichi Suwabe

A great demon that was known in infamy along with Tomoe six hundred years ago. Currently, his body sleeps in Hades.

Kirihito
VA:Junichi Suwabe

A human who has been possessed by Akuraou's soul.

Mamoru
VA:Hinata Kusunoki(Monkey Version) and Daiki Yamashita(Boy Version)

A shikigami god that has hatched from an egg, using Nanami's power as nutrition. Can change into human form.

Okuninushi
VA:Shotaro Morikubo

The master of Izumo Shrine and the host of Kamu-Hakari. A playboy that loves beautiful women.

Ami Nekota
VA:Satomi Sato

Nanami's classmate.

Jiro
VA:Wataru Hatano

The leader of the tengu that reside on Mountain Kurama. The tough veteran of the village of tengu, who is hard on himself and on others.

Suirou
VA:Daisuke Hirakawa

A kind tengu that lost his wings covering for a young Kurama (Majuro).

Yatori
VA:Hiro Shimono

An unknown supernatural that suddenly appeared in front of Kirihito and ended up being his minion. Actively working behind the scenes in order for Akuraou to regain his body.

Cast

Nanami Momozono
Suzuko Mimori
Tomoe
Shinnosuke Tachibana
Kurama
Daisuke Kishio
Mizuki
Nobuhiko Okamoto
Mikage
Akira Ishida
Otohiko
Hiroki Takahashi
Kirihito/Akuraou
Junichi Suwabe
Ami Nekota
Satomi Sato
Okuninushi
Shotaro Morikubo
Mamoru (boy version)
Daiki Yamashita
Mamoru (monkey version)
Hinata Kusunoki
Isobe
Shuta Morishima
Onikiri
Naoko Matsui
Kotetsu
Chika Okubo
Jiro
Wataru Hatano
Suirou
Daisuke Hirakawa
Yatori
Hiro Shimono
Botanmaru
Ayaka Saito
Sojobo
Akira Kamiya
Koushakushi(Narrator)
Vanilla Yamazaki

Staff

Original story
Julietta Suzuki (serialized in Hakusensha's “Hana to Yume”)
Director
Akitaro Daichi
Character Design
Junko Yamanaka
Art Director
Takashi Aoki
Filming Director
Akemi Sasaki
Editing
Ikuyo Fujita
Music
Toshio Masuda
Sound Effects Director
Kazuya Tanaka
Opening Theme
“Kamisama no Kamisama” by Hanae
Ending Theme
“Ototoi Oide” by Hanae
(both Opening and Ending themes courtesy of Universal Music Japan)
Animation Production
TMS Entertainment
Production
Kamisama Hajimemashita Production Committee

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