Aoi Yūki to star in TOHO anime / OLM show directed by Norihiro Naganuma of The Ancient Magus’ Bride
Kodoani.com – TOHO Animation announced on Thursday that it and OLM are producing an anime adaptation of the light novel. The Apothecary Diaries (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto) by Natsu Hyūga and Touko Shino will premiere this year. Aoi Yūki will voice the main character Maomao.
Norihiro Naganuma (The Ancient Magus’ Bride season 1) is directing the anime at TOHO animation and OLM, and Naganuma is also supervising the script. Akinori Fudesaka is the assistant director. Yukiko Nakatani (Go! Princess Precure, Tropical-Rouge! Precure) is designing the characters.
Katsumi Takao (Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle) is the art director, while Misato Aida (My Master Has No Tail) is the main color artist. Yū Nagai (Komi Can’t Communication) is the CGI director. Rumi Ishiguro is the director of general photography. Daisuke Imai is in charge of editing. Shōji Hata is the sound director. Satoru Kousaki (Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song- ), Kevin Penkin (Made in Abyss) and Arisa Okehazama (ONIMAI: I’m Now Your Sister!) are all composing the music for the anime.
In the East was a land ruled by an emperor, whose concubines and court ladies lived in a vast complex known as the harem, the harem. Maomao, a modest girl raised in a humble town by her apothecary father, never imagined the harem would have anything to do with her—until she was arrested. toads and sold into serving there.
Despite his normal appearance, Maomao has quick wits, a sharp mind, and extensive knowledge of medicine. That’s her secret, until she meets a resident of the palace who is at least as sensitive as she is: the top eunuch, Jinshi. He saw through Maomao’s true face and turned her into a maidservant who was none other than the Emperor’s favorite wife… so she could taste that woman’s food for poison. !
Hyūga began serializing the story on “Shōsetsuka ni Narō” (Become a Novelist) website in October 2011. Shufunotomo published the first print volume with illustrations by Shino in August 2014 and The 13th volume will be published on February 25th.
Nekokurage launched a manga adaptation of the light novel series in Square Enix’s Monthly Big Gangan magazine in May 2017. Square Enix will publish the manga’s 11th volume on February 25.
