Kadokawa has revealed three new cast members for the anime adaptation of Nanateru’s Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family! manga, which is streaming on Crunchyroll. These new cast members include:
- Hikaru Tōno as Toki Kamisato
- Saku Mizuno as Hana Yashiki
- Sayaka Senbongi as Tokoyo Omoikane
Alma-chan Wants to Have a Family! is airing on AT-X, Tokyo MX, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, TV Aichi, and BS Asahi channels in Japan, alongside various streaming services. The anime is streaming on Crunchyroll worldwide excluding Japan and mainland China.
ZAQ performs the opening theme song “Dramatic Overlay,” and KAF performs the ending theme song “Arifuretetai (I Want to Be Ordinary).”
The cast of Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family! includes:
- Hika Tsukishiro as Alma
- Ryōta Suzuki as Enji Kamisato
- M.A.O as Suzume Yobane
- Rika Nagae as Makina
- Hinaki Yano as Neon
Yasuhiro Minami directs the anime at Studio Flad. Yukie Sugawara oversees the series scripts, and Mika Yamamoto is the character designer.
Additional staff members include:
- Series Director: Kōsuke Kobayashi
- Assistant Director: Reiko Nozaki
- Sub-Character Designer: Ruriko Watanabe
- Prop Design: Ayako Tauchi
- Mecha Prop Design: Joma
- Art Setting: Yukiko Ashino
- Art Director: Daisuke Suzuki
- Color Design: Yuki Tozawa
- Compositing Director of Photography: Tomoya Yokoyama
- Editor: Yūsuke Ueno (Yanagi Editing Room)
- Sound Director: Kazuki Kuwahara
- Music: Mito (clammbon)
- Music Production: Lantis
Kadokawa’s Comic Newtype website ran the original manga, and Kadokawa published three volumes in total. The sequel manga Alma-chan wa Kazoku ni Naritai Z launched on July 31, 2024, and it’s still ongoing.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the manga, via MangaDex:
A slice-of-life comedy about an ultimate weapon in the shape of a cute little girl named “Alma”, and the two scientists who created her! These two scientific geniuses are constantly being befuddled by Alma’s incisive questions and analysis of their relationship!
