The official website for Macross creator Shoji Kawamori’s original anime film Labyrinth (Meikyū no Shiori) has revealed 18 new cast members, all of which have appeared in anime adaptations of Kawamori’s previous works.
The new Labyrinth cast members include:
- Yūichi Nakamura
- Yūma Uchida
- Inori Minase
- Kana Hanazawa
- Yōko Hikasa
- Aya Endō
- May’n
- Megumi Nakajima
- Ami Koshimizu
- Kiyono Yasuno
- Minori Suzuki
- Nao Tōyama
- Nozomi Nishida
- Kenjirō Tsuda
- Yūki Kaji
- Soyogi Soyogi (the voice synthesis software from Yūki Kaji’s voice AI project)
- Takuma Terashima
- Hiroki Nanami
Labyrinth premieres on January 1, 2026 in theaters in Japan.
Previously announced cast members for Labyrinth include:
- Atarashii Gakkō! group member Suzuka as Shiori Maezawa / Shiori@Revolution
- timelesz idol group member Takuto Teranishi as Suguru Kagami
- Taizō Harada as Komori
- Aoi Itō as Kirara Kurashina
- Jun Saitō as Kento Yamada
- Shō Hayami as Keizō Maezawa
- Maaya Sakamoto as Yoriko Maezawa
- Tomokazu Sugita as Tōsaka
Atarashii Gakkō! performs the Labyrinth film’s theme song “Sailor, Sail On,” which is composed by yonkey.
Shoji Kawamori directs the anime at SANZIGEN. Risa Ebata is handling the character design, and Taichi Hashimoto is writing the script for the anime. Slow Curve, Vector Vision, GAGA, and Fuji Television are credited with the original story concept. Slow Curve is also credited with planning and producing the project.
Additional staff members include:
- CG Supervisor: Naoya Okugawa
- Chief Animation Director: Takuya Chanohara
- Color Key Artist: Mana Watanabe
- Production Design: Barnstorm Design Labo
- Background Director: Tatsuki Ooishi, Hirofumi Morikawa
- Compositing Director of Photography: Shouko Hayashi
- Editing: Hatsumi Hidaka
- Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
- Sound Effects: Ryūta Nakahara
- Sound Production: Bit Groove Production
- Music Producer: Yoshirō Tanemura
- Animation Producer: Hiroaki Matsuura
- Development Producer: Shōta Hozumi
- Production: Tatsumi Yoda, Yōka MAtsuzaki
- Producers: Ken Teraizumi, Kazuki Ōshima, Masako Iwamoto
- Creative Producer: Taichi Hashimoto
- Planning Producer: Toshiaki Obata
The Labyrinth (Meikyū no Shiori) film centers around the life of high school student Shiori Maezawa, who is transported into another world after her smartphone breaks. She then notices strange photos of herself on social media that she doesn’t remember posting and realizes a version of herself is acting independently in the real world. Shiori must now escape the digital labyrinth and confront the impostor.