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Tokyo Mew Mew New Anime Unveils Main Staff, 2022 TV Premiere
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The live-streamed "Tokyo Mew Mew manga. The event also unveiled a new teaser visual:
Toshiki Kameyama is directing the sound.
As announced at the beginning of the month, the main cast includes:
Yūki Tenma as Ichigo
Ryōko Jūni as Lettuce Midorikawa
Momoka Ishii as Zakuro Fujiwara
The five main cast are forming a unit named Smewthie, and their first single will digitally launch on March 22. The single features the "bitter sweet darling" and "Resolution of colors" songs used in the open auditions for the role of Ichigo, except the single's versions feature all five . In addition, the single will have the instrumental versions of both songs and solo versions of "bitter sweet darling" by each of the cast .
Smewthie goods are exclusively Pony Canyon's Canime site to commemorate Monday's stream. The goods include metal badges with exclusive photos of the five cast , a six-photograph bromide set, and a cat-eared hoodie jacket with the unit's logo.
The anime follows Ichigo Momomiya, a girl who transforms into Mew Ichigo (Strawberry) with the power of the Iriomote leopard cat to save Earth from parasitic Chimera Anima aliens.
The anime will mark the 20th anniversary of the manga, as well as the 65th anniversary of Nakayoshi magazine, which originally serialized it. Staff announced the anime in April 2020.
The "Tokyo Mew Mew New mysta. The auditions were open to females from elementary-school age through 30 years old. The chosen applicants will received an exclusive contract with Pony Canyon's Swallow agency.
Yoshida and Ikumi serialized their original Tokyo Mew Mew magical girl manga from 2000 to 2003 (with Kodansha credited for the Kodansha Comics released the manga in three omnibus volumes with a new translation in 2011.
The manga inspired a 52-episode television anime series from 2002 to 2003, and published the manga in English.
The franchise launched a new manga series by Madoka Seizuki titled Tokyo Mew Mew Ōre in November 2019. The new Tokyo Mew Mew manga focuses on male characters instead of the female characters of the previous manga and anime.
Yoshida and Ikumi published a new two-chapter manga Tokyo Mew Mew 2020 Re-Turn in December 2019 and January 2020.
Update: Tokyo Mew Mew a la Mode's credit corrected. Thanks, Mew Berry
Sources: Tokyo Mew Mew New anime's website, Comic Natalie
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