The June issue of Square Enix's Gangan Joker magazine is announcing the supporting cast and staff for the Akame ga Kill television anime on Thursday.

The series will star:

Yuu Asakawa ( Fate/stay night, Ikki Tousen ) as Leone

) as Leone Souma Saitou ( Haikyu!! ) as Tatsumi

) as Tatsumi Katsuyuki Konishi ( Kill la Kill, Silver Spoon ) as Braht

) as Braht Yukari Tamura ( Kill la Kill, Steins;Gate ) as Mein

) as Mein Risa Mizuno ( Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan: Demon Capital, Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino ) as Najenda

) as Najenda Mamiko Noto ( Lagrange - The Flower of Rin-ne, Freezing ) as Schere

) as Schere Satomi Akesaka ( Wake Up, Girls, Suzuka ) as Esdese

) as Esdese Yoshitsugu Matsuoka ( Sword Art Online, No Game, No Life ) as Rabac

Sora Amamiya (THE [email protected] MOVIE: Kagayaki no Mukōgawa e!'s Shiho, One Week Friends' Kaori) will play the role of heroine Akame in White Fox's television anime of Takahiro and Tetsuya Tashiro's Akame ga Kill! manga. Amamiya will also perform the series' opening theme, and Miku Sawai is performing the ending theme.

The dark action fantasy manga follows the title character, Akame, a girl who was bought, and raised by the Empire as an assassin. After meeting Akame, a boy named Tatsumi vows to stand up to the evil of the corrupt Empire with the secret assassin group Night Raid and special weapons known as Teigu.

Tomoki Kobayashi ( Tears to Tiara, Sola ) is directing the anime, and Makoto Uezu ( Danganronpa The Animation, Qwaser of Stigmata ) is in charge of the series scripts with original creator Takahiro supervising the scenario. Kazuhisa Nakamura ( Jormungand ) is designing the characters, and Taku Iwasaki ( Black Butler, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Gatchaman Crowds ) is composing the music.

Additional staff includes:

Art Director: Yoshito Takamine

Color Design: Miyuki Sato

Director of Photography: Keisuke Nakamura

3D Director, Modeling: Hiroshi Souma

Editing: Masahiro Goto

Sound Director: Hozumi Goda

The series will premiere on Tokyo MX TV, MBS, and BS11 television stations in July.

The manga began in Square Enix's Monthly Gangan Joker magazine in 2010, and the ninth compiled volume of the manga shipped in January. Takahiro launched the Akame ga KILL! Zero prequel with artist Kei Toru in Square Enix's Big Gangan magazine last October.

Esdese cast member added, thanks Takeshi13