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Crunchyroll to Stream 18if Anime
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Crunchyroll announced on Thursday that it will stream Kōji Morimoto and Gonzo's 18if television anime. Crunchyroll will stream the series starting on Friday at 10:00 a.m. EDT for members in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and the Netherlands.
Funimation had announced in April that it had licensed the anime. The company will stream a simuldub of the series.
The anime will premiere on Tokyo MX on Friday at 10:00 p.m., followed by AT-X on July 8 at 9:00 p.m., and BS Fuji on July 10 at 24:00 (effectively July 11 at 12:00 a.m.).
The show stars:
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Haruto Tsukishiro
- Takehito Koyasu as Katsumi Kanzaki
- Kaori Nazuka as Lily
- Misato Fukuen as Natsuki Kamikawa
- Nao Tōyama as Yurina Kanzaki
- Ai Kakuma as Airi Kojima
- Azumi Asakura as Mirei Saegusa
- Aya Endō as Yūko Sakurabe
- Nao Tamura as Kayo Sugisaki
- Fumiko Orikasa as Sono
- Inori Minase as Nene
- Yu Shimamura as Mana Hayashida
- Emi Nitta as Misaki
Shiho Nanba will also play an unnamed witch.
Morimoto (Magnetic Rose, Extra, Beyond) is credited as chief supervisor on the anime, and Gonzo is producing the animation. Each episode will have a different director, one of whom will be Akira Nishimori (Zombie-Loan). Atsuhiro Tomioka (Ace Attorney, Zombie-Loan) is handling series composition, Hiroko Kazui is serving as design director, and Tadashi Oppata (Memories Off 2nd) is designing the characters. Ryūdai Abe (Spochan Taiketsu! ~Yōkai Daikessen~) is composing the music. Teddyloid is performing the opening theme song "Red Doors feat. Yoshikazu Mera." Each episode of the series will feature a different ending theme song by a different artist.
