The staff of the TV anime adaptation of Byū’s Let’s Go Kaikigumi manga series have revealed the anime’s opening theme song and a new cast member. Idol group SWEET STEADY performs the opening theme song “Kimi ga Waruindakara ne (‘Cuz It’s Creepy, Right?),” while Uketsu performs the ending theme song “Iwashite ne? (May You Curse Me?).” Kana Hanazawa joins the cast as Yukinko.
The Let’s Go Kaikigumi anime will run on TBS and 27 affiliated channels, starting July 5 at 4:30 p.m. JST.
Tasuku Hatanaka voices the unnamed protagonist alongside Ruriko Aoki as Mechako and Shigeru Chiba as the narrator. Mayumi Shintani joins the cast as Cursed Doll.
Yutaka Hirata directs the anime at C-Station, Mutsumi Ito is supervising and writing the series scripts, and Yoshimitsu Yamashita is the character designer. Uketsu, an article writer on the Omocoro web service and author The Strange House novel and manga, is working on the anime’s production. Uketsu is also credited for the ending theme song.
Additional staff members include:
- Color Design: Taeko Mizuno
- Art Director: Yoshimi Umino
- Director of Photography: Misaki Horiuchi
- Sound Director: Kōhei Yoshida
- Sound Production: HALF H・P STUDIO
- Music: Akiyuki Tateyama
Lastly, Byū serialized the manga on the Omocoro web service from 2018 to 2024. Here’s an overview of the manga series, via MangaDex:
Mechako, a young girl who has lost her status and enthusiasm because she has lost sight of what “fear” is, happens to meet an uncommonly fearful man.
She decides to use this as an opportunity to regain her former glory.
The man ends up cooperating with her, and she gets involved in all sorts of yokai mayhem.
