{"rewrite":{"id":"r_4d75eb3fc1834429891beee7","clusterId":"c_f0d8926ad3be404ca40910d5","slug":"mebius-dust-anime-casts-yuto-takenaka-nene-hieda-haruka-sato","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Mebius Dust Anime Casts Yuto Takenaka, Nene Hieda, Haruka Sato","summary":"ASMIK Ace revealed the main cast, opening song artist, and July premiere for the original television anime Mebius Dust on Thursday. The anime is based on Hajime Shinagawa's story, which won the grand prize in the Kids/Game category of the Project Anima competition in 2019. Yuto Takenaka voices Araki, a high school student in a downtown neighborhood. Nene Hieda plays his younger sister and classmate Stella. Haruka Sato voices Olga, their childhood friend. Singer Leo Ieiri performs the opening theme song \"Mebius.\" The first episode preview was also released. Tarou Iwasaki directs the anime at studio Doga Kobo, with Yoriko Tomita handling series scripts. The anime will run for one cour, or quarter of a year. Mebius Dust is the third anime produced from Project Anima winners. Previous adaptations include Sakugan, which aired in 2021, and The Story of the Girl Who Couldn't Become a Wizard, which premiered in October 2024. The story follows Araki, Stella, and Olga in a cozy neighborhood, but a meteorite shower in 2000 introduced a substance called Mebius Dust that can replace lost limbs.","whyItMatters":"Mebius Dust becomes the third Project Anima winner to reach the screen, following a seven-year development cycle that outlasted the other two adaptations.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eDirector Tarou Iwasaki previously worked on \u003cem\u003eBaki the Grappler\u003c/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBibliophile Princess\u003c/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOne Week Friends\u003c/em\u003e. Series scriptwriter Yoriko Tomita has credits on \u003cem\u003eThe Elusive Samurai\u003c/em\u003e, both seasons of \u003cem\u003eMy Dress-Up Darling\u003c/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eSenpai is an Otokonoko\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story's setting adds a darker layer to the cozy premise. A meteorite shower on February 29, 2000 introduced Mebius Dust into the atmosphere. The substance can replace limbs and eyes lost to the meteorites through \"Rammus,\" a material that freely changes form according to the user's will. After the incident, Japan suffers from terrorism driven by a worsened economic gap, and an anti-RC special mobile unit and an associated school have been established.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProject Anima accepted story submissions from the public through DeNA's MangaBox, Everystar, and similar platforms. DeNA, Sotsu Co., Ltd., Nippon Cultural Broadcasting, and MBS hosted the competitions in three categories. When Project Anima announced Shinagawa's story as the Kids/Game category winner in 2019, it was tentatively slated for after 2020.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Mebius Dust, the third Project Anima winner to get an anime, finally has a July premiere date and a cast: Yuto Takenaka, Nene Hieda, Haruka Sato. The first episode preview is out.","twitterPost":"Doga Kobo's Mebius Dust anime opens with Leo Ieiri's 'Mebius.' The story involves a meteorite-born substance that replaces lost limbs. July 2026.","threadsPost":null,"newsletterBlurb":"ASMIK Ace revealed the main cast, opening song artist, and July premiere for the original television anime Mebius Dust on Thursday. The anime is based on Hajime Shinagawa's story, which won the grand prize in the Kids/Game category of the Project Anima competition in 2019. Yuto Takenaka voices Araki, a high school student in a downtown neighborhood. Nene Hieda plays his younger sister and classmate Stella. 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