Earlier today, the staff of the Komekami! Girls anime revealed three new cast members ahead of the premiere on April 2 in Japan. The new cast members include:
- Noriko Hidaka voices the Rice Goddess Queen
- Ryuma Tanizawa voices the Demon King Zangi,
- Yū Saitō voices the chief priest of Momiji Hachimangu Shrine
Previously announced cast members include:
- Eriko Kawakami as Sanae Koshino
- Minori Toyonaga as Minori Koshino
- Kurumi Yano as Mei Koshino
- Emi Nitta as Hikari Koshino
- Misa Segawa as Momi Koshino
- Tomoe Yuki as Mai Koshino
- Ayaka Tamaki as Honoka Koshino
- Rica Matsumoto as Okoge Oniyama
- Hirofumi Nojima as Kamanosuke Oniyama
- Junichi Kuroi as Takumi Koshino
- Shintarō Takeda as Usayama
- Machi Oshita as Momiji
- Chika Ishimaru as Nikomaru
- Akiko Baba as Futaba
Mikinori Suzuki is directing the anime at Daily Planet. Hideki Sonoda is handling the series scripts, while Takahiro Seguchi is credited for the original character design.
Additional staff members include:
- Original Character Design for Rice Goddess Queen: Haruhiko Mikimoto
- Character Design: U.
- Chief Animation Director: Hikaru Kodama
- Art Director: Daichi Higashi
- 3D CG: Logic Box Pictures
- Sound Director: Hirohiko Ebihara
- Cuisine Supervisor: Tochi Ueyama
- Recipe Creator: Kei Hamamura
- Title Logo: Takehiro Yasuda
- General Producer: Makoto Kaneuji
- Producer: Kimitaka Suzuki
- Media Producer: Hiroyuki Yamamoto
- Music Producer: Kenta Harada
- Account Manager: Yoshihisa Anan
- Liaison Chief: Toshikazu Nagahiro
- Casting Director: Akiko Baba
- Line Producer: Ryōta Machida
The anime project started as Komekami! in 2011, and the characters have been featured on rice packaging, short anime, four-panel manga, and light novels. The anime is a remake of the characters as “Komekami! Girls,” with the characters 10 years younger.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the series via MyAnimeList:
This is the story of the seven-sister unit “Komekami! Girls,” children of the rice deity, born from the tradition: “In a single grain of rice, seven gods reside.”
When their mother(the deity of rice, or the rice-god queen) was called back in haste to the celestial realm and no longer able to return to the earthly realm they search for her traces using Usa City (Oita Prefecture) as their base, and teleport to Hachiman shrines throughout Kyushu island. As they solve local problems, they learn about food, take part in cooking battles, and grow.
