Toru Ohkawa, Shinichiro Miki, Daiki Nakamura, Showtaro Morikubo, Koji Yusa, Tomoaki Maeno, Akira Ishida, Wataru Hatano join cast

The official Twitter account for the Time Travel Shōjo ~Mari Waka to 8-nin no Kagakusha-tachi ( Time Travel Girl : Mari, Waka, and the 8 Scientists) television anime announced the voice cast for the scientists this week:

Toru Ohkawa as William Gilbert, a British astronomer (1544-1603)

Shinichiro Miki as Benjamin Franklin, an American entrepreneur (1705-1790)

Daiki Nakamura as Alessandro Volta, an Italian physicist and chemist (1745-1827)

Showtaro Morikubo as Michael Faraday, an British physicist and chemist (1791-1867)

Koji Yusa as Samuel Morse, an American inventor (1791-1872)

Tomoaki Maeno as Graham Bell, an American inventor (1847-1922)

Akira Ishida as Heinrich Hertz, a German physicist (1857-1894)

Wataru Hatano as Thomas Edison, an American inventor (1847-1931)

The anime's official website also announced last Saturday that idol group AŌP ( Mr. Osomatsu , 12-Sai: Chiccha na Mune no Tokimeki ) will perform the anime's opening theme song "Kibō Traveler" (Hope Traveler). The anime will premiere on July 9.

The cast includes:

Aki Toyosaki as Mari Hayase

Minako Kotobuki as Waka Mizuki

Ryūichi Kijima as Jun Mizuki

Toshiyuki Morikawa as Eiji Hayase

Tomohiro Tsuboi as Akira Mikage

Haruka Tomatsu as Hikari Hayase

Yui Fukuo as Rika Hayase

Kikuko Inoue as Rei Mizuki

Daiki Yamashita as Fūta Ichikawa

Ayahi Takagaki as Satsuki Kuroki

Toyosaki, Kotobuki, Tomatsu, and Takagaki are also members of the group Sphere.

Osamu Yamasaki (Toward the Terra, Hakuōki) is directing the anime and supervising the series scripts.

[Via Anibu]

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