Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family! Anime Reveals 3 New Cast Members
- Jean-Carlos Matellan
- Oct 5
- 2 min read
Hikaru Tōno, Saku Mizuno, Sayaka Senbongi joins anime's cast debuting on Sunday
The staff for the television anime of Nanateru's Alma-chan wa Kazoku ni Naritai (Alma-chan Wants to Have a Family!) manga revealed three new cast members on Saturday:The newly announced cast are (image above from left to right):
Hikaru Tōno as Toki Kamisato
Saku Mizuno as Hana Yashiki
Sayaka Senbongi as Tokoyo Omoikane
The anime will premiere on October 5 on the AT-X channel at 11:00 p.m. JST (10:00 a.m. EDT), and will stream on various streaming services in Japan at 11:30 p.m. JST (10:30 a.m. EDT). The anime will then air on the Tokyo MX, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, TV Aichi, and BS Asahi channels. Crunchyroll will stream the anime worldwide excluding Japan and mainland China under the title Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family!
The anime stars:
Hika Tsukishiro as Alma
Ryōta Suzuki as Enji Kamisato
M.A.O as Suzume Yobane
Rika Nagae as Makina
Hinaki Yano as Neon
Yasuhiro Minami (episode director for several Gintama anime, Turn A Gundam) is directing the series at Studio Flad. Yukie Sugawara (Overlord seasons 1-4, Kino's Journey - The Beautiful World) is overseeing the series scripts, and Mika Yamamoto (ClassicaLoid, Tiger & Bunny 2) is designing the characters. ZAQ performs the opening theme song "Dramatic Overlay," and KAF performs the ending theme song "Arifuretetai" (I Want to Be Ordinary).
Additional staff members include:
Series Director: Kōsuke Kobayashi
Assistant Director: Reiko Nozaki
Sub-Character Designer: Ruriko Watanabe
Prop Design: Ayako Tauchi
Art Setting: Yukiko Ashino (Studio Tulip)
Art Director: Daisuke Suzuki (Studio Tulip)
Color Key Artist: Yuki Tozawa
Compositing Director of Photography: Tomoya Yokoyama
Editor: Yūsuke Ueno (Yanagi Editing Room)
Sound Director: Kazuki Kuwahara
sound Production: INSPION Edge
Music: Mito (clammbon)
Music Production: Lantis
The comedy manga centers on Alma, a super high-performance girl-type weapon, and the two genius scientists Enji Kamisato and Suzume Yobane, who created her.
The original manga ran on Kadokawa's Comic Newtype website and has three volumes. Kadokawa published the third volume in March 2024. A new manga, titled Alma-chan wa Kazoku ni Naritai Z, launched on Comic Newtype in July 2024 and is ongoing. The first volume shipped on April 25, and the second volume will ship on October 10.
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