CATDOLL: Mamoru Hosoda's "Child of the Monster" has a luxurious voice actor lineup, with Aoi Miyazaki lending her voice

The voice actors for the leading roles in the latest work "Children of the Beast" directed by Mamoru Hosoda, who has produced animated films such as "Summer Wars" and "Wolf Children: Ame to Yuki", have been officially confirmed. It is reported that the powerful actor Yakusho Koji, who starred in "Lost Paradise" directed by Yoshimitsu Morita, will voice the leading role of Kuma Tetsu in the play; Miyazaki Aoi, who played the role of Komatsu Nana in the live-action movie version of "NANA" in 2005, and Sometani Shota, who played April 1st Kimihiro in the comic-adapted TV series "xxxHOLiC Live-Action", will also voice the characters in this work. In addition, the role of Kaede, a high school girl who meets Kuta, will be voiced by Hirose Suzu, who starred in the TV series "School Stairs" in January this year; and the powerful actor Masahiko Tsugawa and Kuroki Hana, who participated in the voice acting of "Wolf Children: Ame to Yuki", will all play roles in this work. It is worth mentioning that the popular male voice actor Mamoru Miyano will voice the young Inoyama Nagano Ichirohiko in this work; and Kappei Yamaguchi, who has created classic characters such as Shinichi Kudo in the animation "Detective Conan" and Inuyasha in "Inuyasha", will also participate in the dubbing work.

"Monster Child" is scheduled to be released on July 11, 2015. It will be an adventure action drama centered on the boy Kuta and Kumatsu, who is known as a "monster". The stage is set in a world where "Shibuten Street" exists, where "monsters" similar to animals live in addition to humans. The boy who got lost after coming to "Shibuten Street" from the human "Shibuya" met Kumatsu, a monster swordsman who was agile and liked to be alone, and the story unfolded from there. The boy became Kumatsu's apprentice, and under the name of Kuta, he lived a life of martial arts training and adventure with Kumatsu.

【CAST】

Bear Tetsu: Yakusho Koji

Jiuta: Miyazaki Aoi/Sometani Shota

Maple: Hirose Suzu

Grandmaster: Masahiko Tsukawa

Bai Qiu Fang: Lily Frank

Tadara: Yo Oizumi

Pig King Mountain: Kazuhiro Yamaji

Ichirohiko: Hana Kuroki/Mamoru Miyano

Jiromaru: Ono Hyakuhana/Yamaguchi Kappei

Jiutai's father: Keishi Nagatsuka

Kuta’s mother: Kumiko Aso

Ancient Knowledge: Sumire Moroboshi