{"rewrite":{"id":"r_70ae7158374e6a47bde08c43","clusterId":"c_24e670e1326630e8a0a595c2","slug":"wound-bandage-adds-yoko-hikasa-and-yuka-iguchi-to-cast","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Wound \u0026 Bandage Adds Yoko Hikasa and Yuka Iguchi to Cast","summary":"The Wound \u0026 Bandage anime's official website streamed a third teaser video on Friday, naming two new cast members. Yoko Hikasa plays Matsu Daemon and Yuka Iguchi plays Magical Penpengusa. Both are members of the \"bandage alliance\" internet community alongside protagonist Riyo Washizu. The series, directed by Miyuki Ishida at J.C. Staff, premieres January 9 on AT-X, then on ABC and TV Asahi's Animazing!!! block.","whyItMatters":"The two new roles fill out the online community that gives the show its premise, a fetish for watching strong people weakened, so the cast announcement tells viewers how much of that group the anime intends to animate.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eBoth characters belong to the \u0026#34;bandage alliance,\u0026#34; an internet community that gathers people who want to see strong figures weakened. The protagonist, Riyo Washizu, posts there under the username Wamp Samurai. That makes the two additions part of the show\u0026#39;s central joke rather than incidental supporting roles.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHisako Kanemoto voices Riyo, with Chikahiro Kobayashi as Go Kiritani, the young yakuza subordinate assigned as her caretaker. Shoya Ishige plays Ginsuke Hatobane. Miyuki Ishida directs at J.C. Staff, Susumu Yamakawa writes the scripts, and Natsuki Oyama designs the characters.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe anime airs on AT-X on January 9 at 11:00 p.m., then on ABC and TV Asahi\u0026#39;s Animazing!!! block at 26:00, effectively Sunday at 2:00 a.m. ABEMA streams it half an hour after the terrestrial broadcast.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Yoko Hikasa and Yuka Iguchi both voice members of the bandage alliance community, so Wound \u0026 Bandage casts its internet forum as a real supporting ensemble rather than background noise.","twitterPost":"Wound \u0026 Bandage gives the bandage alliance its own voices: Hikasa and Iguchi play community members around Riyo, not rivals.","threadsPost":"Wound \u0026 Bandage is building out the bandage alliance rather than treating it as set dressing. Yoko Hikasa as Matsu Daemon and Yuka Iguchi as Magical Penpengusa join the same internet community as Riyo Washizu, which suggests the forum itself carries weight in the story.","newsletterBlurb":"The Wound \u0026 Bandage anime named two more cast members in a third teaser video: Yoko Hikasa as Matsu Daemon and Yuka Iguchi as Magical Penpengusa, both part of the \"bandage alliance\" community that shares Riyo's tastes. Miyuki Ishida directs at J.C. Staff. 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