Saturday, May 31, 2014

Staff and Voice Cast for Boys Love Anime “Hybrid Child” Announced


Staff and Voice Cast for Boys Love Anime “Hybrid Child” Announced



The official site for the upcoming anime adaptation of Shungiku Nakamura’s boys love manga Hybrid Child launched today with the announcement of the main staff and voice cast. Shungiku is best known for her popular BL manga series such as Junjo Romantica (2002-) and Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi (2008-).



Hybrid Child was serialized in BiBLOS’ BE×BOY GOLD (later moved to Kadokawa) from 2003 to 2004, then compiled in one volume tankobon by Kadokawa in 2005. The story revolves around a doll called “Hybrid Child” which grows reflecting the owner’s affection. Kotarou Izumi, who is the 16th head of the noble Izumi family, found a hybrid child at the garbage disposal spot when he was eight years old. He has lived with the doll named Hazuki for 10 years since then. However, Kotarou learns Hazuki’s life is close to the end.



50-year-old animator Michio Fukuda (Hyakko, Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan: Demon Capital) directs his


first BL anime for Studio Deen. Popular voice actor Nobuhiko Okamoto (Rin Okumura in Blue Exorcist)


voices Kotarou Izumi with Daisuke Hirakawa (Rei Ryugazaki in Free!) as Hazuki. A DVD containing an


promotional video for the anime will be bundled with the upcoming BL magazine Emerald which is


scheduled to be published in the end of August.



The main staff:


Director: Michio Fukuda


Series composition: Aki Itami


Character design: Takahiro Kishida


Color design: Ayako Suenaga


Photography director: Masayuki Kawaguchi


Editing: Masahiro Matsumura


Sound director: Kazuya Tanaka


Music: Hijiri Anze


Music production: Lantis


Anime production: Studio Deen



The main voice cast:


Nobuhiko Okamoto as Kotarou Izumi


Daisuke Hirakawa as Hazumi


Tsubasa Yonaga as Yuzu


Ryohei Kimura as Ichi Seya


Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Tsukishima


Yuuki Ono as Kuroda



Anime key visual




The cover of the tankobon




Source: “Hybrid Child” anime official site



© Shungiku Nakamura, KADOKAWA Kadokawa Shoten/Hybrid Child Production Committee



Read more here: Crunchy Roll

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