The staff for the upcoming anime adaptation of Otsuji’s My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren’t Wicked (Ibitte Konai Gibo to Gishi) manga revealed the promotional video, key visual, additional cast and staff members and confirmed the anime’s July release date.
The cast of the anime includes:
- Yū Serizawa as Marika Kōnokura
- Hina Suzuki as Miya Nakamura
- Yuka Nukui as Arisa Kōnokura
- Kujira as Teru Kōnokura
- Anna Mugiho as Gungnir (new)
Keisuke Inoue, known for his work on My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, is directing the anime at NEWON. Nanami Hoshino is handling the series scripts, and Mutsumi Sasaki is in charge of character design.
Newly added staff include:
- Sub-Character Designer: Yuri Miyoshi (Chiptune)
- Prop Design: Recommendation
- Art Director: Hideto Nakahara
- Color Design: Eri Shigetomi
- Compositing Director of Photography: Yūko Shintani
- 3D Creators: Yuki Kuribayashi, Shun Tsuchida, Keiichi Eda
- 2DCG Designers: Yūko Shintani, Susumu Kashiwabara
- Editing: Yūji Kondō (REAL-T)
- Sound Director: Toshiki Kameyama
- Music: Rina Tayama
Otsuji’s My Stepmother and Stepsisters Aren’t Wicked manga launched on Ichijinsha’s Comic POOL digital manga magazine in November 2020. Ichijinsha will publish the eighth compiled book volume of the manga on Friday. Seven Seas published the sixth volume in English on June 17.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the manga via Seven Seas Entertainment:
Fairy tale tropes are turned on their heads in this award-winning and comedic reimagining of the classic Cinderella story!
Miya is the illegitimate child of a certain prominent family. When her mother dies, she’s convinced she knows what awaits her in her new home: a life of servitude and misery at the hands of her wicked stepmother and stepsisters! Yet when she finally meets the women she expects to treat her like dirt, they actually end up being…sweet?!
A hilarious and heartfelt comedy that’s sure to put a smile on your face!
