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Crunchyroll to Stream Gingitsune: Messenger Fox of the Gods Anime
posted on by Egan Loo
Video service Crunchyroll announced on Wednesday that it will stream the Gingitsune: Messenger Fox of the Gods television anime series. It will begin streaming the weekly anime on October 6 at 1:05 p.m. ET. to premium subscribers worldwide except for Asia. The anime will be available to free members one week later in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Central and South America, and Portugal.
In the story, Makoto is the heiress to a shrine that was built in honor of Inari. Even though her father manages the shrine, Inari's messenger, Gintarō, suddenly appears in her life marking her as the true successor. Gintarō is lazy and unmotivated, but has the power to help people. The series is described as a "heart-filled fantasy" as Makoto and Gintarō help people who come to the shrine and make new friends.
Sayori Ochiai's original manga already inspired an audio adaptation in 2010. That version featured voice actress Kanae Itō as Makoto and voice actor Toshihiko Seki as Makoto's father. Toshihiko Seki was cast in the anime, however he is the voice of Shōhei Amamoto.
The voice cast includes:
Hisako Kanemoto as Makoto Saeki, the second-year high school student whose family has watched over the shrine for 15 generations
Shinichirō Miki as Gintarō, the messenger to the gods
Toshihiko Seki as Tatsuo Saeki, Makoto's father
Ami Koshimizu as Hiwako Funabashi, Makoto's classmate
Chinatsu Akasaki as Yumi Ikegami, Makoto's classmate
Ayumi Fujimura as Haru
Kenshō Ono as Satoru Kamio
Kazuhiko Inoue (Naruto, Case Closed) as Kinjirō
Tomokazu Sugita (Gintama, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) as Seishirō Kirishima
Hirofumi Nojima (Shakugan no Shana, Hunter x Hunter) as Shinichi Yoshizumi
Tomokazu Seki (Fate/Zero, Card Captor Sakura) as Shōhei Amamoto
Shin Misawa (Kochira Katsushika-ku Kamearikouen-mae Hashutsujo) is directing the anime at diomedéa. Hiroshi Yamaguchi (Yukikaze, Rosario + Vampire) is in charge of the series scripts, and Mayuko Matsumoto (animation director on Astarotte's Toy, Squid Girl) and Naomi Ide (Problem children are coming from another world, aren't they?) are both designing the characters. The musical group fhána (The Eccentric Family ending theme) will perform the opening theme.
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