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Carole & Tuesday Anime Casts Maaya Sakamoto, Hiroki Yasumoto
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official website for Carole & Tuesday, the new original anime by supervising director Shinichiro Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Kids on the Slope, Terror in Resonance) and anime studio BONES, revealed two additional cast members for the anime on Sunday:
Maaya Sakamoto as Crystal
Hiroki Yasumoto as Skip
In addition, the site revealed that vocalist Alisa will serve as the singing voice for the character Angela (voiced by Sumire Uesaka).
The previously revealed cast members include:
Miyuri Shimabukuro as Carole (Nai Br.XX as vocalist)
Kana Ichinose as Tuesday (Celeina Ann as vocalist)
Akio Ohtsuka as Gus
Hiroshi Kamiya as Tao
Miyu Irino as Roddy
Mamoru Miyano as Ertegun
Kenyuu Horiuchi as Dahlia
Tomoko Miyadera as Valerie
Takahiro Sakurai as Spencer
The website describes the story:
Fifty years have passed since mankind began migrating to the new frontier: Mars.
It's an age where most culture is produced by AI, and people are content to be passive consumers.There's a girl.
Scrapping a living in the metropolis of Alba City, she's working part-time while trying to become a musician. She's always felt like something is missing.
Her name is Carole.There's a girl.
Born to a wealthy family in the provincial town of Herschel City, she dreams of becoming a musician, but nobody around her understands. She feels like the loneliest person in the world.
Her name is Tuesday.A chance meeting brings them together.
They want to sing.
They want to make music.
Together, they feel like they just might have a chance.The two of them may only create a tiny wave.
But that wave will eventually grow into something larger...
Motonobu Hori is directing the anime, and Tsunenori Saitō (Blast of Tempest, Sword of the Stranger) is designing the characters for animation. Canadian artist Mocky is composing the background music.
The staff also includes Eisaku Kubonouchi (Chocolat, "Hungry Days" commercials) as original character designer, Aya Watanabe (Carnation, Josee, The Tiger and the Fish) as scriptwriter, and Flying Dog as in charge of music production. The anime is collaborating with synthesizer and keyboard brand Nord and guitar maker Gibson.
Composers for the anime include: Jen Wood (This White Light), Maisa Tsuno (Akai Ko-en), Benny Sings, Lido, Evan “Kidd” Bogart, Tim Rice-Oxley (Keane), Eirik Glambek Bøe (Kings of Convenience), and Nulbarich. Ann and Nai Br.XX will perform both the opening and ending theme songs. Nulbarich is writing and composing the opening theme song "Kiss Me." Benny Sings is writing and composing the ending theme song "Hold Me Now."
Sources: Carole & Tuesday website, The Mainchi Shimbun's Mantan Web