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 anime’s main promotional video, theme song information, additional cast members, and the anime’s July 8 release date. The trailer previews both the opening and ending theme songs. Lia performs the opening theme song “Amayadori no Shōkei (Longing to Take Shelter From the Rain),” while AVAM performs the ending theme song “Claire.”
Newly added cast members include:
- Miyari Nemoto as Yaeko Kōzō
- Yumi Uchiyama as Nago
- M.A.O as Mitsuya
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
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.
Additional staff members 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!
