{"id":33560,"date":"2026-07-06T04:23:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T08:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/the-anime-reveals-new-trailer-opening-theme-more-cast\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T04:23:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T08:23:18","slug":"the-anime-reveals-new-trailer-opening-theme-more-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design-providers.com\/rise\/the-anime-reveals-new-trailer-opening-theme-more-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"The Anime Reveals New Trailer, Opening Theme, &#038; More Cast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">new trailer<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> has been revealed for the upcoming <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Suikoden: The Anime<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> series, which previews the show\u2019s main opening theme song, as well as the addition of three more cast members. The anime is set to begin broadcasting in Japan in October 2026 with a special extended 60-minute first episode.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Japanese rock band <\/span>amazarashi<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2018s performs the anime\u2019s opening theme \u201cKanashimi Sae Otonobite,\u201d which is highlighted in the trailer.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition, the three <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">new voice cast members<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> joining the series include <\/span>Hitoshi Yamanoi<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Agared Blight, <\/span>Miyuki Sawashiro<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Anabelle, and <\/span>Hiroki Sakai<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Jess.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul 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400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">They join a previously announced voice cast that will star:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Toshiki Kumagai <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Riliu<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Shimba Tsuchiya <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Jowy<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Ayumi Hinohara<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Nanami<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Katsuyuki Konishi <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Viktor<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Yuichi Nakamura<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Flik<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Taku Yashiro<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Luca Blight<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Chika Anzai <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Jillia Blight<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Akihiro Mine<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Rowd<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Tsukino Chikasada<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Pilika<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Ayumu Murase<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Luc<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Takeo Otsuka<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Shu<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Yoshino Aoyama<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Apple<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px;color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2022 <\/span>Niwa Masato<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Mukumuku<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Yuzo Sato<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">exception, MUTEKING THE Dancing HERO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) is directing the anime series, with <\/span>Michihiro Tsuchiya<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Akane-Banashi, Lostorage inflated WIXOSS, Lostorage conflated WIXOSS<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as series composer, Konami Entertainment\u2019s <\/span>Atsushi Ishikawa<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as game character designer, <\/span>Ryo Yamauchi <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Please Put Them On, Takamine-san<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> co-character designer) as animation character designer, and <\/span>Koji Nakamura<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eureka Seven AO<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as music composer.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Konami Digital Entertainment\u2019s <\/span>Arata Suzuki <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is credited with the animation character design drafts for the series. <\/span>KONAMI animation<span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is in charge of the animation production.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Suikoden: The Anime <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is an adaptation of <\/span>Konami Computer Entertainment<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s JRPG <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/03\/03\/suikoden-ii-jrpg-to-get-anime-adaptation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Suikoden II<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which was originally released in 1998 for the PlayStation and received a remaster in 2025 (which was released with the first game\u2019s remaster as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Suikoden I&amp;II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">).\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Suikoden I&amp;II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X\/S, Xbox One, Windows, Steam, and Epic Games Store. A Switch 2 release followed later. A new entry in the series, Suikoden: Star Leap, will be released on mobile and Steam in the future.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">\u00a9 Konami Digital Entertainment \/ Suikoden : The Anime Project<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The anime\u2019s official website describes <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Suikoden: The Anime<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two young boys\u2026 the hero, Riliu, and his best friend Jowy, were members of a youth brigade of their home nation, the Highland Kingdom \u2014 a powerful military nation located in the north-east of the Dunan region.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The two of them looked up at the same starry skies, slept in the same tent, and believed in the same future. Once the fighting was over, and the night ended, their daily lives were sure to return.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Contrary to their hopes, the two boys become swept up in the whirlpool of fate, guided by the flames of war.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The powerless boys reached for, and grasped immense power. As the 108 stars shine brightly in the murky horizon, the boys step forward, each with their own beliefs for an answer-less question.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 16px\">Sources<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Suikoden_anime\/status\/2073602769584332987\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Suikoden: The Anime Official X\/Twitter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Suikoden_anime\/status\/2073603532402696559\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) (<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Suikoden_anime\/status\/2073603781263335825\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) (<\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Suikoden_anime\/status\/2073604037866561675\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">4<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">), <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2026-07-05\/suikoden-anime-reveals-more-cast-opening-theme-in-2nd-promo-video\/.239319\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Anime News Network<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new trailer has been revealed for the upcoming Suikoden: The Anime series, which previews the show\u2019s main opening theme song, as well as the addition of three more cast members. 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