Tensura Slime's Rimuru joins The New Gate anime, performs opening theme

On Saturday, January 27, 2024, the website for the upcoming isekai The New Gate anime series revealed its ending theme song information and announced a new cast member.

The ending theme song will be performed by Miho Okasaki, who's also the new cast member announced for the anime series and most famously voices Tensura Slime’s Rimuru Tempest.

The cast for The New Gate anime series was announced previously, but the information for the series’ opening theme song is yet to be shared. It's expected shortly, alongside a release date for the series.

The New Gate anime series serves as an adaptation of author Shinogi Kazanami’s original light novels of the same name, which has had three illustrators throughout the serialization. The series is ongoing in the current format, with 22 total volumes having been released.

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Tensura Slime’s Rimuru, Jujutsu Kaisen’s Nobara, and more set to star in The New Gate anime series

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As mentioned above, Miho Okasaki is both a cast member in The New Gate anime series and will be performing its opening theme song, entitled “Kanataboshi.”

Okasaki will play Yuzuha, a child Element Tail, who takes the form of a fox pup. Okasaki’s other voice acting roles include Dead Mount Death Play’s Lulu, Tensura Slime’s Rimuru Tempest and Knights of Sidonia’s Itsuki Hanma.

The series will star Kensho Ono as Shin, Asami Seto as Schnee Raizar, and Kaede Hondo as Tiera Lucent. Ono’s most recognizable roles include performances as Attack on Titan’s Floch Forster and Vinland Saga’s Canute.

Seto’s are performances as Jujutsu Kaisen’s Nobara Kugisaki and Bungo Stray Dogs’ Ichiyo Higuchi, while Hondo’s are performances as Dr. Stone’s Kirisame, Zombie Land Saga’s Sakura Minamoto and One Piece’s Vegapunk Atlas.

Tamaki Nakatsu is directing the anime series at Yokohama Animation Lab and Cloud Hearts, with Hiroki Uchida in charge of the series scripts. Itsuki Takemoto is designing the characters, while Tatsuhiko Saiki, Yuya Moriy, Misaki Tsuchida and Tsugumi Tanaka are composing the music for the series.

The New Gate anime originally began in 2013 as a web novel on the Shosetsuka ni Naro website from Kazanami, with the format still ongoing. The light novel began in Dec. 2013, with Makai no Junin illustrating.

Junin was replaced by KeG after the 9th volume, who was in turn replaced by Akira Banpai for the 12th volume. Banpai is the current illustrator. A manga adaptation illustrated by Yoshiyuki Miwa began in 2014 and is still ongoing.

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