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Heaven's Design Team Anime's Teaser Unveils More Cast
posted on by Egan Loo
The official website for the television anime of Hebi-Zou, Tsuta Suzuki, and TARAKO's Heaven's Design Team (Tenchi Sōzō Design-bu) "workplace comedy" manga posted a teaser promotional video on Wednesday. The teaser announced more cast members.
The newly announced cast members are:
Yūichirō Umehara as Kimura, a designer whose work includes the ox
Junichi Suwabe as Mizushima, a designer whose work includes the snake
Daisuke Kishio as Kanamori, a designer whose work includes the bird
Naomi Ōzora as Meido, a designer whose work includes the poison frog
Ryōta Takeuchi as Unabara, a designer whose work includes the kangaroo
Asuna Tomari as Higuchi, the prototype engineer
Hina Kino as Kenta, Tsuchiya's grandson
Ryota Ohsaka as Yokota, Ueda's former subordinate who transfered from Heaven to Hell and is now constructing a theme park of darkness and flames
Takahiro Mizushima as Mushibu (Insect Team), the experts who design and study every insect
Naoki Tatsuta as God, the Creator
The previously announced cast members are:
Kodansha Comics publishes the manga in English, and it describes the story:
In Heaven's Animal Design Department, designers create a variety of new animals daily while contending with the unreasonable requests of their client: God. Funny, interesting, and full of useful information, this series answers questions such as, “Why can't unicorns exist?”, “What makes an animal taste delicious?”, “What's the most powerful creature in the ocean?”, and, “Bird versus snake: who would win?” You won't believe it's a manga series when you read up on the featured animals in the included encyclopedia entries. Heaven's Design Team will make your next trip to the zoo or aquarium 100 times more fun!
Sōichi Masui (Sakura Quest, Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai) is directing the anime at Asahi Production. Michiko Yokote (Shirobako, The Magnificent KOTOBUKI, Children of the Whales) is in charge of series composition. Sachiko Oohashi (Oruchuban Ebichu, Tama & Friends: Sagase! Mahō no Punipuni Stone) is designing the characters. Hiroyuki Nemoto (Art Team Convoy) is responsible for the art direction and setting. Momoko Naka is the director of photography. Hayato Matsuo (Keijo!!!!!!!!, Drifters) is composing the music.
The anime series will debut in 2021.
The manga launched in Kodansha's Morning two magazine in 2017, and Kodansha published the fifth compiled book volume on April 23. Kodansha Comics published the fourth volume in English in December. The series has over 300,000 copies in print as of the fifth volume, and it ranked #10 in the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2019 book's Male Category.
Sources: Heaven's Design Team anime's Twitter account and website, MoCa News