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The Apothecary Diaries Anime Also Inspires Mini-Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official website for the Maomao no Hitorigoto (Maomao's Diaries) mini-anime companion to the main anime on Monday. Each episode of the mini-anime features main character Maomao explaining a key item in that week's main anime episode.
The first episode below features face powder, while the second features chocolate, and the third features the lotus blossom.
The anime premiered on Saturday with the first three episodes, and will air for two streaming the anime as it airs in Japan.
Other cast include:
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Gaoshun
- Atsumi Tanezaki as Gyokuyō
- Yui Ishikawa as Lihua
- Hina Kino as Lishu
- Yūko Kaida as Ah-Duo
- Megumi Han as Meimei
- Ami Koshimizu as Pairin
- Hiroki Nanami as Joka
- Kimiko Saitō as Yarite Babaa (Madam)
- Hiroshi Yanaka as Luomen
- Kenji Akabane as Lihaku
- Misaki Kuno as Xiaolan
- Mitsuaki Kanuka as Yabu Isha (Quack Doctor)
ONIMAI: I'm Now Your Sister!) are all composing music for the anime.
publishes the novel series digitally, and it describes the story:
In the East is a land ruled by an emperor, whose consorts and serving women live in a sprawling complex known as the hougong, the rear palace. Maomao, an unassuming girl raised in an unassuming town by her apothecary father, never imagined the rear palace would have anything to do with her—until she was kidnapped and sold into service there.Though she looks ordinary, Maomao has a quick wit, a sharp mind, and an extensive knowledge of medicine. That's her secret, until she encounters a resident of the palace at least as perceptive as she is: the head eunuch, Jinshi. He sees through Maomao's façade and makes her a lady-in-waiting to none other than the Emperor's favorite consort... so she can taste the lady's food for poison!
Hyūga began releasing the manga adaptation in English.
Sources: The Apothecary Diaries anime's website, Comic Natalie
