A new TV anime series Shikizakura announced its launch in October 2021. It is an original animation set in the Tokai area located almost in the middle of the Japanese islands. Also, the team unveiled the character played by Tokai On Air, a Japanese YouTuber group that came from the area. Japanese TV stations such as Chukyo TV, NTV, BS NTV will broadcast the anime.
Shikizakura’s latest promo video is out now!
In addition, the team just released the second promo video that explores the mysteries of Kuro gumi. Kuro gumi is a mysterious group that one of the characters, Benio, belongs to.
Furthermore, Mushimegane and Toshimitsu, members from the Aichi-based YouTuber group Tokai On Air appear in the video. The visuals of the characters they will be playing have also come out!
New characters unveiled in the promo video

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Endo – CV: Mushimegane
Koala Genkaku – CV: Toshimitsu
Endo is a veteran stage actor born in Aichi Prefecture. He believes that the pursuit of reality is the essential aspect of a play. No matter what role he is playing, he always prepares for it with the utmost care. As a result of getting too involved in a specific character, it appears as a hallucination and whispers to him some ideas.


Also, I was very proud and happy to be involved in this work as a voice actor because it is rare that my hometown would be in an anime.
Shikizakura anime details
Staff
General Director: Shinya Sugai
Director: Go Kurosaki
Series composition: Shigeki Nagakawa (Story Riders)
Original Design: Ryoga Inoue (K&K Design)
Character Design: Manabu Nakatake (Yostar Pictures)
CG Director: Makoto Sato, Yu Sato
Art Director: Toshihiko Kojima (Plantago Games)
Color Design: Hirono Noji
Director of Photography: Tadaaki Yamazaki (Studio Hibari)
Editor: Manabu Jono (Sony PCL)
Sound Director/Music: Takumi Saito
Sound Effects/Recording: Tokai Sound
Casting: TYK Promotion
Production Cooperation: K&K Design
Original Story/Animation Production: Sublimation
Opening Theme Song: Asaka “BELIEVE MYSELF”
Ending Theme Song: May’n “Shikizakura”
Cast
Sho Miwa – CV: Yudai Noda
Aika Myojin – CV: Miho Marashiro
Yoshihei Nagatsu – CV: Daisuke Nakamoto
Ryo Hattori – CV: Shoto Mizukami
Kaede Naruse – CV: Eri Sakazaki
Haruko Yamada – CV: Natsuki Ochiai
Ybarra – CV: Yoneyama Shingo
Myojin Benio – CV: Miki Yagata
Ukon Kijima – CV: Yuto Arai
Kazusa Inuzuka – CV: Iwori
Endo – CV: Mushimegane
Koala Genkaku – CV: Toshimitsu
The set of the story is in Okazaki City where I live. So, I was very excited when I found the restaurant “Violent Chicken” where I often visit to shoot my YouTube video in the anime!
I’m certainly looking forward to the completion of the anime.