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Saturday, December 23, saw the Doctor Elise anime series reveal a new special Christmas illustration, as well as announce a voice drama. The key visual and voice drama both feature central characters Elise and Linden, who are played in the voice drama and anime by Yui Ishikawa and Yohei Azakami, respectively.
The Christmas illustration for the Doctor Elise anime sees Elise looking through a window at an ornately decorated Christmas tree, with Linden standing behind her and putting his coat on her.
Elise seems ecstatic over the holiday season and festivities, while Linden is straight faced and seemingly focused more on Elise than the holiday cheer.
The voice drama, is roughly two minutes long and features the central characters of the Doctor Elise anime series having a seemingly emotional conversation with each other.
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Unfortunately, the video features Ishikawa and Azakami performing their lines in Japanese. It lacks English subtitles, making it difficult to understand what they’re discussing.
Doctor Elise anime releases Christmas-themed promotional material ahead of January 10 premiere
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Per official sources for the Doctor Elise anime series, the voice drama tells the “romantic story” of Elise and Linden, who escape from a party at the royal palace for a break.
The party is on a snowy Christmas night, seemingly giving context to the illustration, which sees the two looking through a window at an ornate Christmas tree.
Apart from Ishikawa and Azakami, Yoshimasa Hosoya also stars in the anime series as Graham. The series will also feature voice actors Satoshi Hino as Ron, Daisuke Ono as Lenne De Clorance, Hiro Shimono as Chris De Clorance, Soma Saito as Michael De Romanoff, Megumi Han as Yulian De Childe, and Kazuhiko Inoue as Minchester De Romanoff.
It’s unclear at the time if this is the full cast list for the series.
Kumiko Habara is directing the series at Maho Film studios, while Deko Akao is handling series composition. Yuko Watabe is designing the characters, while Kakao Entertainment Corp. is the anime’s associate producer.
Satoshi Shibata is the art director, while Aki Watanabe is in charge of color design. Yukina Nomura is the director of photography, while Noriyoshi Konuma is the sound director. Yui Ando is handling sound effects, with Ken Ito composing the music.
The series is set to premiere on Japanese broadcast television on January 10 at 9:30 p.m. Japanese Standard Time. The anime will first air on the AT-X channel, and then on Tokyo MX, BS NTV and Kantele later on.
The series will begin streaming on the d Anime Store at 10 p.m. JST the same day, and will later stream on different services in Japan starting on Jan. 15.
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