Following 35-year-old singer-songwriter Gen Hoshino as the protagonist Senpai, the official website for the upcoming anime feature film adaptation of Tomihiko Morimi’s award-winning love story novel Yoru wa Mijikashi Arukeyo Otome (Night is short, Walk, Girl) today announced more voice cast, including Kana Hanazawa as the main heroine Kurokami no Otome (Black Haired Maiden) and Hiroshi Kamiya as Senpai’s school friend, School Festival Executive Director (real name is unknown). 

Main Voice Cast:

 Senpai: Gen Hoshino (singer-songwriter)

 Kurokami no Otome: Kana Hanazawa (Hinata Kawamoto in March Comes in like a Lion)

 School Festival Executive Director: Hiroshi Kamiya (Levi in Attack on Titan)

 Pant Soubancho: Ryuji Akiyama (a member of comedian unit Robert)

 Higuchi Shisho: Kazuya Nakai (Roronoa Zoro in One Piece)

 Hanuki Ryoko: Yuko Kaida (the same voice cast in The Tatami Galaxy)

 God in The Used Book Market: Hiroyuki Yoshino (Iwaizumi Hajime in Haikyu!!)

 Noriko Suda: Seiko Niizuma (Solcieel in PreCure All Stars: Singing with Everyone♪ Miraculous Magic!)

 Nise Jyogasaki: Junichi Suwabe (Archer in Fate/stay night)

 Princess Daruma: Aoi Yuuki (Madoka Kaname in Puella Magi Madoka Magica)

 Johnny: Nobuyuki Hiyama (Gai Shishioh in King of Braves GaoGaiGar)

 Todo-san: Kazuhiro Yamaji (Japanese dub voice of Jason Statham)

 Rihaku-san: Mugihito (Japanese dub voice of Patrick Stuart)

Kana Hanazawa/Kurokami no Otome

Hiroshi Kamiya/School Festival Executive Director

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Masaaki Yuasa, who worked on the 11-episode TV anime adaptation of Morimi’s 2005 novel Yojyohan

Shinwa Taikei/The Tatami Galaxy in 2010, is again attached to direct on a screenplay by Makoto Ueda.

But instead of Madhouse for The Tatami Galaxy, Yuasa’s own company Science SARU (Ping Pong The

Animation) works on anime production. The film will be distributed by Toho Visual Entertainment in

Japan from April 7. 

Teaser for the anime feature film

Main visual

Novel original edition cover/bunko edition

Source: “Yoru wa Mijikashi Arukeyo Otome” anime film official website

© Tomihiko Morimi, KADOKAWA/Nakame no Kai