A fresh character trailer has debuted for the anticipated Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show TV anime series, featuring the clever occultist Hiroshi Takashiro. The anime is set to launch in Japan on July 1, 2025.
Masato Matsune (The Stories of Girls Who Couldn’t Be Magicians) is helming the original anime series, with Makoto Uezu (KonoSuba) serving as the story draft writer and screenwriter, Jiro Suzuki (Revenger co-original character designer, Umineko no Naku Koro ni: Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch manga artist) as original character designer, Hiroshi Kosuga as character designer and chief animation director, and Evan Call (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End) composing the music. Studio Gokumi is responsible for the animation production, while Cygames is recognized as the series producer.
The anime’s voice cast includes:
- • Riho Sugiyama as Miko Kurono
- • Nana Hazumi as Kanna Kagurazaka
- • Manaka Iwami as Cthulhu and Mayu Mayusaka
- • Hiroki Yasumoto as Game Master
- • Kazuyuki Okitsu as Hastur
- • Katsuyuki Konishi as Ghatanothoa
- • Ayasa Ito as Cthugha
- • Kyohei Natsume as Hiroshi Takashiro
Crunchyroll is set to stream Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show globally, outside of Japan, and summarizes the main plot as follows:
Miko Kurono, aka Necronomico, completes her middle school education and opts to chase her aspirations of being a streamer. One day, while with her childhood companion, Mayu Mayusaka, and her competitor, Kanna Kagurazaka, she agrees to participate in a new VR game. The game presents Miko with the chance to face enigmatic challenges alongside other distinctive streamers she encounters in the VR universe.
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Sources: Necronomico and the Cosmic Horror Show Official Twitter (via AIR News), Cygames YouTube Channel