News

Carole & Tuesday Anime Casts Maaya Sakamoto, Hiroki Yasumoto

The official website for Carole & Tuesday, the new original anime by supervising director Shinichiro Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop, Kids on the Slope, Terror in Resonance) and anime studio BONES, revealed two additional cast members for the anime on Sunday:

Maaya Sakamoto as Crystal

Hiroki Yasumoto as Skip

In addition, the site revealed that vocalist Alisa will serve as the singing voice for the character Angela (voiced by Sumire Uesaka).

The previously revealed cast members include:

Miyuri Shimabukuro as Carole (Nai Br.XX as vocalist)

Kana Ichinose as Tuesday (Celeina Ann as vocalist)

Akio Ohtsuka as Gus

Hiroshi Kamiya as Tao

Miyu Irino as Roddy

Mamoru Miyano as Ertegun

Kenyuu Horiuchi as Dahlia

Tomoko Miyadera as Valerie

Takahiro Sakurai as Spencer

The website describes the story:

Fifty years have passed since mankind began migrating to the new frontier: Mars.
It's an age where most culture is produced by AI, and people are content to be passive consumers.

There's a girl.
Scrapping a living in the metropolis of Alba City, she's working part-time while trying to become a musician. She's always felt like something is missing.
Her name is Carole.

There's a girl.
Born to a wealthy family in the provincial town of Herschel City, she dreams of becoming a musician, but nobody around her understands. She feels like the loneliest person in the world.
Her name is Tuesday.

A chance meeting brings them together.
They want to sing.
They want to make music.
Together, they feel like they just might have a chance.

The two of them may only create a tiny wave.
But that wave will eventually grow into something larger...

Motonobu Hori is directing the anime, and Tsunenori Saito (Blast of Tempest, Sword of the Stranger) is designing the characters for animation. Canadian artist Mocky is composing the background music.

The staff also includes Eisaku Kubonouchi (Chocolat, "Hungry Days" commercials) as original character designer, Aya Watanabe (Carnation, Josee, the Tiger and the Fish) as scriptwriter, and Flying Dog as in charge of music production. The anime is collaborating with synthesizer and keyboard brand Nord and guitar maker Gibson.

Composers for the anime include: Jen Wood (This White Light), Maisa Tsuno (Akai Ko-en), Benny Sings, Lido, Evan “Kidd” Bogart, Tim Rice-Oxley (Keane), Eirik Glambek Bøe (Kings of Convenience), and Nulbarich. Ann and Nai Br.XX will perform both the opening and ending theme songs. Nulbarich is writing and composing the opening theme song "Kiss Me." Benny Sings is writing and composing the ending theme song "Hold Me Now."

Sources: Carole & Tuesday website, The Mainchi Shimbun's Mantan Web