Anime premiering on May 19 stars both Japanese, Chinese cast

Anime studio Emon Animation Company revealed the promotional video, cast, staff, and story for its To Be Heroine sequel series on Thursday.

The anime will premiere on Tokyo MX1 on May 19 at 9:00 p.m. and will have seven episodes.

The cast includes both Japanese voice actors for the "2D world," and Chinese voice actors for the "3D world." The cast includes:

Moa Tsukino and Mie Mie as Hanaya Futaba

Motoko Kumai and Ding Dang as Isago Hikaru

Omi Minami and Liu Mingyue as Utsubari Tooru

Seira Ryu as Touin Touichi

Toshihiko Seki as Hattori Hanzo and Chinese Tohoku Muffler

Nozomu Sasaki as Simon Fubuki

Rie Kugimiya as Juuichi

Marika Tanaka as Bouichi

Yumi Kakazu as Chuuichi and Ryuichi

Junko Minagawa and Shan Xin as Min-chan

Maria Kawamura as Oo Paipai

Takeshi Maeda as Sweater Beast, Electro Beast, and Street Vendor

Yukitoshi Tokumoto as Hong Kong Police

Sho Hayami as Selfish Governor

Yutaka Aoyama as Shifu (Mentor)

Emon describes the show:

The heroine”Futaba” is a clever high school girl. One day, she is suddenly sucked into another world. This dark world is a world without light and the inhabitants are only children wearing panties. Arriving there, Futaba is the only one wearing clothes and she will become the heroine of this world where clothes are the strongest weapons!

The staff includes:

Planning: Li Haolin, Li Ni

Chief Executive Producer: Dong Zhiling, Luo Yanyan, Zhang Shengyan

Planning Producer: Tang Yunkang, Kang Jun

Executive Producer: Jiu Ye, Li Fangyu

Director/Screenplay/Scenario: Li Haolin

Chief Animator Director: LAN

Staging: LAN

Storyboard: Li Haolin

Japanese Version Executive Director: Ken Ando

Animation Producer: Tang Yunkang

Production Coordination: 小A

Editing: Aya Hida / Li Haolin

Art Director: Huang Xueting

Director of Photography: Shintaro Nakamura

Japanese script: Ken Ando

Adviser: Atsushi Yabe, Tatsuro Konno, Yoshihiro Iwasaki

Japan Promotion: Tang Yunkang, Li Fang Yuu, Xu Jiahe

International Business: Widad Noureddine

Passcode will perform the opening theme song "Ray," while Re-connect will perform the ending theme song "Koibana Renbo."

Emon's original 12-episode To Be Hero series ran in Japan from October to December 2016. The anime starred Kenjiro Tsuda, Moa Tsukino, and Takeshi Maeda. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired in Japan. Each episode in the series was 11 minutes long.