The staff behind the MARRIAGETOXIN anime has announced that a panel dedicated to the series will take place during Anime Expo. It will be on July 4 at the JW Marriott Diamond Ballroom from 4:45 PM – 5:35 PM PDT.
The panel will dive deep into the development of the series and will feature director Motonobu Hori, Haruki Ishiya, who voices Hikaru Gero, Shion Wakayama, who voices, Mei Kinosaki, Tatsuya Saito, a producer at Bones Film, and Ryoya Arisawa, the chief producer at Bandai Namco Filmworks. An autograph session will also take place on the same day, featuring the previously mentioned voice actors. Crunchyroll is now streaming the anime adaptation of Joumyaku and Mizuki Yoda’s MARRIAGETOXIN manga series.
The cast of the anime includes:
- Haruki Ishiya as Hikaru Gero
- Shion Wakayama as Mei Kinosaki
- Anna Nagase as Kyoko Himekawa
- Mariya Ise as Shizuku Ushio
- Asaki Yuikawa as Shiori Ureshino
- Soma Saito as Genya Naruko
- Hinano Shirahama as Kimie Arashiyama
- Simba Tsuchiya as Piichi Nakagawa
- Haruka Shiraishi as Akari Gero
- Isamu Yusen as Toshiki Hanamaki
Motonobu Hori is directing the 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
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!
