{"rewrite":{"id":"r_d7ef3e3577fd4fe5bf885f0c","clusterId":"c_d59c21cbcd7a49ca9d2f1111","slug":"victoria-of-many-faces-anime-adds-8-more-cast-members","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Victoria of Many Faces Anime Adds 8 More Cast Members","summary":"The staff for the Victoria of Many Faces television anime announced eight additional cast members on May 29, 2026. The new additions include Kenji Nojima as Lancome, Daisuke Ono as Edward Asher, Saeko Akiho as Yolana Haynes, Hiroshi Yanaka as Bernard Fitcher, Makoto Furukawa as Zaharo, Kensho Ono as Cedric Ashbury, Ryota Osaka as Conrad Ashbury, and Megumi Han as Clark Anderson. They join previously announced leads Chika Anzai as Victoria, Shion Wakayama as Nonna, and Yohei Azakami as Jeffrey. The anime is scheduled to premiere in July 2026 on TV Tokyo and its affiliates. Nobukage Kimura directs the series at Studio DEEN, with Naohiro Fukushima handling series composition and Mina Osawa designing the characters. The light novel series by writer Syuu and illustrator Nanna Fujimi began on the Shosetsuka ni Narou website in December 2021. Kadokawa has published three novel volumes in print as of January 2024, with a fourth volume scheduled for June 25, 2026. A manga adaptation by Komo Ushino launched in December 2022 and has six compiled volumes. Yen Press publishes both the light novel and manga in English.","whyItMatters":"The eight new cast members bring the total announced voice cast to eleven, filling out the supporting roles around the protagonist ahead of the show's July premiere.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe ending theme song is \"En no Tsuki\" by the three-piece band KI_EN. Frontier Works is credited for original work planning. The music is composed by Moe Hyūga, whose previous credits include \u003ccite\u003eThe Angel Next Door Spoils Me Rotten\u003c/cite\u003e and \u003ccite\u003eSteins;Gate 0\u003c/cite\u003e. Music production is handled by Kadokawa.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdditional staff includes sub-character designers Keika Ōtsuka, Sayuri Sakimoto, Yuri Naminoue, and Mana Matsumura. The prop designer is Yabomi. Mizuki Nakagawa is the color key artist, Si Man Wei is the art director, and Ren Zhou Li is the compositing director of photography. Megumi Uchida handles editing, Satoshi Yano is the sound director, and Hidemi Tanaka handles sound effects. Sound production is by Bit Grooove Promotion.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe light novel series was first published under Kadokawa's MF Books imprint on July 25, 2022. Illustrator Nanna Fujimi drew the first two novel volumes. From the third volume onward, Komo Ushino, who also draws the manga adaptation, took over as illustrator, with Fujimi listed as original character designer. Both Fujimi and Ushino are credited as original character designers for the anime.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe anime was first announced in September 2025. A fourth novel volume is scheduled for June 25, 2026, the month before the anime premieres.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Victoria of Many Faces's cast expansion leans heavily on veteran male seiyuu for roles the synopsis suggests are secondary. The show's spy-to-civilian premise may lean more on ensemble dynamics than the lead.","twitterPost":"Victoria of Many Faces adds eight male cast members to a story about a female spy. The imbalance suggests the series may focus on the people around Victoria rather than her alone.","threadsPost":"Victoria of Many Faces revealed eight new cast members, all male, for a series whose central character is a female spy. The cast list tilts heavily toward supporting roles played by veteran seiyuu like Daisuke Ono and Makoto Furukawa. That suggests the adaptation may spend as much time on the people surrounding Victoria as on Victoria herself. The show premieres in July.","newsletterBlurb":"The Victoria of Many Faces anime revealed eight new cast members on May 29, including Daisuke Ono and Megumi Han. 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