{"rewrite":{"id":"r_7bfd14a9faae4ddb86dc8153","clusterId":"c_31f4dbf1409345f8ab5339b8","slug":"natsuki-hanae-joins-uso-tantei-tomanto-as-detective-lemonade","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Natsuki Hanae Joins Uso Tantei Tomanto as Detective Lemonade","summary":"The staff for the Uso Tantei Tomanto short anime announced that Natsuki Hanae will voice the ace detective Lemonade in the updated version of the series. Mariya Ise, who voices Mamango, will also voice a new character named Ichigo Berryry. The updated version began airing weekly on NTV's ZIP! program on March 30.","whyItMatters":"The addition of a prominent voice actor like Natsuki Hanae signals that the updated version of the short anime is expanding its cast and scope beyond the original TRAIN TV run.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe staff for the \u003ci\u003eUso Tantei Tomanto\u003c/i\u003e short anime announced on Monday that Natsuki Hanae will join the cast of the series' updated version as the ace detective Lemonade. Mariya Ise, who already voices Mamango, will also voice a new character, detective Ichigo Berryry. Other new cast members include Haruka Kitagaito as Purple, Muscat Yohito Igawa as Piimer, Minami Hinata as Jorocky, Merobon Takaaki Torashima as Makka-jii. The updated version began airing weekly within the ZIP! morning variety program on NTV on March 30. Hazumu Sakuta directs at Fanworks, with Yoichi Kato supervising and writing scripts.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Natsuki Hanae voices a detective named Lemonade in the updated Uso Tantei Tomanto. The show moved from TRAIN TV to a morning variety slot, a rare promotional upgrade for a short-form anime.","twitterPost":"Hanae plays Lemonade in Uso Tantei Tomanto. The show's jump from train screens to NTV morning TV is the bigger shift.","threadsPost":"Natsuki Hanae joins Uso Tantei Tomanto as Lemonade, an ace detective. The updated version already airs weekly on NTV's ZIP!, a notable platform upgrade from the first series that ran on TRAIN TV, the in-car displays on Japan Railways trains. The shift from a niche transit screen to a national morning show suggests the production committee sees broader potential for this vegetable-themed mystery.","newsletterBlurb":"Natsuki Hanae has been cast as the ace detective Lemonade in the updated version of the short anime Uso Tantei Tomanto. Mariya Ise, already voicing Mamango, will also voice a new detective character. The updated series airs weekly on NTV's ZIP! program.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-25/uso-tantei-tomanto-anime-casts-natsuki-hanae-as-lemonade/.237773\",\"title\":\"Uso Tantei Tomanto Anime Casts Natsuki Hanae as Lemonade\"}]","lintFlagsJson":"[]","lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":3939,"outputTokens":612,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1779826464,"createdAt":"2026-05-25T07:18:19.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-05-25T07:31:30.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-25T07:31:30.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_31f4dbf1409345f8ab5339b8","canonicalTitle":"Uso Tantei Tomanto Anime Casts Natsuki Hanae as Lemonade","representativeArticleId":"a_9ea0251c2c85c18c63222b64","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"Uso Tantei Tomanto\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Natsuki Hanae\",\"Mariya Ise\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-05-25T05:13:27.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-05-25T05:13:27.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-25T07:31:30.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-05-25/uso-tantei-tomanto-anime-casts-natsuki-hanae-as-lemonade/.237773","title":"Uso Tantei Tomanto Anime Casts Natsuki Hanae as Lemonade"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["Uso Tantei Tomanto"],"manga_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Natsuki Hanae","Mariya Ise"],"type":"announcement","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":["Natsuki Hanae voices the ace detective Lemonade in the updated version of the Uso Tantei Tomanto short anime.","Mariya Ise, who voices Mamango, also voices a new character named detective Ichigo Berryry.","The updated version began airing weekly on NTV's ZIP! program on March 30.","Other new cast members include Haruka Kitagaito as Purple, Muscat Yohito Igawa as Piimer, Minami Hinata as Jorocky, and Merobon Takaaki Torashima as Makka-jii.","Hazumu Sakuta directs at Fanworks, with Yoichi Kato supervising and writing scripts."]}