The official website for Shueisha and BONES Film’s TV anime adaptation of Joumyaku and Mizuki Yoda’s MARRIAGETOXIN manga series has confirmed the anime’s April 7 premiere. In addition, Shion Wakayama, the voice of Mei Kinosaki in MARRIAGETOXIN, shared a special message for fans to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
Motonobu Hori is directing the MARRIAGETOXIN anime series. Kimiko Ueno is in charge of series composition and scripts, Kohei Tokuoka is the character designer and chief animation director, and Taisei Iwasaki and yuma yamaguchi are the music composers. BONES Animation is supervising the production by BONES Film and MARRIAGETOXIN Project.
Additional staff includes:
- Sub Character Design: Yurika Sako
- Costume Design: Kotono
- Prop Design: Ayumi Nagaki, Ryo Hirata
- Art Design: Toshiki Amata
- Art: Bihou
- Color Design: Hiroko Umezaki
- Photography Director: Go Kanbayashi
- 3DCG: SANZIGEN Inc.
- CG Animation Director: Taiki Nagashima
- Editing: Kumiko Sakamoto
- Sound Director: Haru Yamada
- Sound Effects: Tomokazu Mii
The confirmed cast of the anime includes:
- Hikaru Gero: Haruki Ishiya
- Mei Kinosaki: Shion Wakayama
- Kyoko Himekawa: Anna Nagase
- Shizuku Ushio: Mariya Ise
- Shiori Ureshino: Asaki Yuikawa
- Genya Naruko: Soma Saito
- Kimie Arashiyama: Hinano Shirahama
- Piichi Nakagawa: Simba Tsuchiya
- Akari Gero: Haruka Shiraishi
- Toshiki Hanamaki: Isamu Yusen
Here’s an overview of the anime, courtesy of Shueisha:
For centuries, the deadly arts have been perfected by those known as the Masters. Among them, the Poison Masters of the Five Great Families hold the most fearsome power and influence. Hikaru Gero, heir to the Poison Masters’ Gero Family, has lived his entire life in the underworld, far removed from love or marriage.
But when the Gero Family head decrees that Hikaru’s sister must bear an heir to preserve the bloodline – by force if necessary – Hikaru resolves to protect her at all costs. It is then that Hikaru encounters Mei Kinosaki, a brilliant marriage swindler who becomes the target of his latest job. Realizing that the only way of solving the family succession problem and protecting his sister is through marriage, Hikaru impulsively asks Mei for help in finding a bride.
“That’s the first time anyone’s ever proposed like that.”
And so, with the cunning marriage swindler Mei as his advisor, elite assassin Hikaru embarks on the most challenging mission of his life: finding a wife!
Their goal: the ultimate marriage.
This is the world’s toughest mission for love, brought to you by the ultimate duo – an assassin and a marriage swindler!
