{"id":44635,"date":"2022-08-27T09:25:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T16:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=44635"},"modified":"2022-08-27T20:46:35","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T03:46:35","slug":"chained-soldier-reveals-additional-voice-cast-members-character-designs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/08\/27\/chained-soldier-reveals-additional-voice-cast-members-character-designs\/","title":{"rendered":"Chained Soldier Reveals Additional Voice Cast Members &amp; Character Designs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The upcoming <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chained Soldier<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mato Seihei no Slave<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) anime series has announced three new characters that will be joining its voice cast. The production team has also released character design visuals for the characters. The anime is scheduled to premiere sometime in 2023.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The new voice cast includes <\/span><b>Yume Miyamoto <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as Himari Azuma, <\/span><b>Mari Hino<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Shushu Suruga, and <\/span><b>Hina Tachibana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Nei Ookawamura. They join <\/span><b>Yuuya Hirose<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as protagonist Yuuki Wakura and <\/span><b>Akari Kitou<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as Kyouka Uzen. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"455\" height=\"837\" data-attachment-id=\"44637\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/08\/27\/chained-soldier-reveals-additional-voice-cast-members-character-designs\/chained-soldier-himari-azuma-character-visual\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chained-soldier-himari-azuma-character-visual.jpg?fit=455%2C837&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"455,837\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"chained-soldier-himari-azuma-character-visual\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chained-soldier-himari-azuma-character-visual.jpg?fit=163%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chained-soldier-himari-azuma-character-visual.jpg?fit=455%2C837&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"44637\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chained-soldier-himari-azuma-character-visual.jpg?resize=455%2C837&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"chained soldier himari azuma character visual\" class=\"wp-image-44637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chained-soldier-himari-azuma-character-visual.jpg?w=455&amp;ssl=1 455w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chained-soldier-himari-azuma-character-visual.jpg?resize=163%2C300&amp;ssl=1 163w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chained-soldier-himari-azuma-character-visual.jpg?resize=228%2C420&amp;ssl=1 228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"455\" height=\"837\" data-attachment-id=\"44638\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/08\/27\/chained-soldier-reveals-additional-voice-cast-members-character-designs\/chained-soldier-shushu-suruga-character-visual\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chained-soldier-shushu-suruga-character-visual.jpg?fit=455%2C837&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"455,837\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"chained-soldier-shushu-suruga-character-visual\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chained-soldier-shushu-suruga-character-visual.jpg?fit=163%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chained-soldier-shushu-suruga-character-visual.jpg?fit=455%2C837&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"44638\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chained-soldier-shushu-suruga-character-visual.jpg?resize=455%2C837&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"chained soldier shushu suruga character visual\" class=\"wp-image-44638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chained-soldier-shushu-suruga-character-visual.jpg?w=455&amp;ssl=1 455w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chained-soldier-shushu-suruga-character-visual.jpg?resize=163%2C300&amp;ssl=1 163w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chained-soldier-shushu-suruga-character-visual.jpg?resize=228%2C420&amp;ssl=1 228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"455\" height=\"837\" data-attachment-id=\"44636\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/08\/27\/chained-soldier-reveals-additional-voice-cast-members-character-designs\/chained-soldier-nei-ookawamura-character-visual\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chained-soldier-Nei-Ookawamura-character-visual.jpg?fit=455%2C837&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"455,837\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"chained-soldier-Nei-Ookawamura-character-visual\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chained-soldier-Nei-Ookawamura-character-visual.jpg?fit=163%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chained-soldier-Nei-Ookawamura-character-visual.jpg?fit=455%2C837&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"44636\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chained-soldier-Nei-Ookawamura-character-visual.jpg?resize=455%2C837&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"chained soldier nei ookawamura character visual\" class=\"wp-image-44636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chained-soldier-Nei-Ookawamura-character-visual.jpg?w=455&amp;ssl=1 455w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chained-soldier-Nei-Ookawamura-character-visual.jpg?resize=163%2C300&amp;ssl=1 163w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chained-soldier-Nei-Ookawamura-character-visual.jpg?resize=228%2C420&amp;ssl=1 228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 455px) 100vw, 455px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">From L to R: Himari Azuma, Shushu Suruga, &amp; Nei Ookawamura <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The production staff for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2021\/11\/19\/mato-seihei-no-slave-anime-adaptation-announced\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">anime adaptation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> consists of <\/span><b>Gorou Kuji<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bungo to Alchemist<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> assistant director) as the series director, <\/span><b>Junji Nishimura<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vlad Love<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as chief director, <\/span><b>Hiroyuki Yoshii<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just Because!<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as character designer, and <\/span><b>Kaoru Nishimura<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dances with the Dragons<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) as color designer. <\/span><b>Seven Arcs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is in charge of the animation production for the series.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The original <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/07\/29\/chained-soldier-anime-will-premiere-in-2023-staff-info-revealed\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chained Soldier<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> manga series written by <\/span><b>Takahiro<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and illustrated by <\/span><b>Youhei Takamura<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was first serialized on the Shonen Jump+ app on January 5, 2019 under Shueisha\u2019s Jump Comics label. 10 tankoubon volumes have been released in total as of May 2022, with the forthcoming 11th volume slated for release on September 2, 2022.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28520\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28520\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"28520\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2021\/11\/19\/mato-seihei-no-slave-anime-adaptation-announced\/mato-seihei-no-slave-image\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Mato-Seihei-no-Slave-image.jpg?fit=1275%2C1730&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1275,1730\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mato-Seihei-no-Slave-image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Mato-Seihei-no-Slave-image.jpg?fit=221%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Mato-Seihei-no-Slave-image.jpg?fit=696%2C944&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-28520\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Mato-Seihei-no-Slave-image.jpg?resize=350%2C475&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"mato no seihei no slave chained soldier key visual\" width=\"350\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Mato-Seihei-no-Slave-image.jpg?resize=221%2C300&amp;ssl=1 221w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Mato-Seihei-no-Slave-image.jpg?resize=755%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 755w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Mato-Seihei-no-Slave-image.jpg?resize=768%2C1042&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Mato-Seihei-no-Slave-image.jpg?resize=1132%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1132w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Mato-Seihei-no-Slave-image.jpg?resize=696%2C944&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Mato-Seihei-no-Slave-image.jpg?resize=1068%2C1449&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Mato-Seihei-no-Slave-image.jpg?resize=310%2C420&amp;ssl=1 310w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Mato-Seihei-no-Slave-image.jpg?w=1275&amp;ssl=1 1275w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">\u24b8\u30bf\u30ab\u30d2\u30ed\u30fb\u7af9\u6751\u6d0b\u5e73\uff0f\u96c6\u82f1\u793e\u30fb\u9b54\u9632\u968a\u5e83\u5831\u90e8<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\">Yen Press releases the manga in English. It describes the synopsis as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Decades ago, gates to an otherworldly and dangerous dimension known as Mato\u2014the \u201cDemon City\u201d\u2014appeared across Japan. Those who partook in the \u201cpeaches\u201d growing there gained unique abilities\u2014but only if they\u2019re girls. When down-in-the-dumps high school boy Yuuki Wakura finds himself caught up in a gate, he\u2019s saved by Kyouka Uzen, the beautiful commander of the 7th squad of the Demon Defense Force, who\u2026orders him to become her slave?!<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: 12pt\"><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mabotai_kohobu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chained Soldier Official Twitter\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The upcoming Chained Soldier anime series has announced three new characters that will be joining its voice cast, releasing new character design visuals as well. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":44641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[5036,3782,2240,1638,2185],"class_list":["post-44635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anime","tag-chained-soldier","tag-mato-seihei-no-slave","tag-seven-arcs","tag-shueisha","tag-yen-press"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/chained-soldier-himari-azuma-character-visual-1-e1661617401790.jpg?fit=454%2C257&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8n4QV-bBV","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44635"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44635"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44644,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44635\/revisions\/44644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}