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The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil Anime Unveils 2 New Cast, January 8 Premiere

The staff for the television anime of Sawayoshi Azuma's The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil (Oroka na Tenshi wa Akuma to Odoru) manga revealed two new cast members and the anime's January 8 premiere on Sunday.

The newly announced cast members are:

Masako Nozawa as Joe, Akutsu's mental avatar when he and Lily engage in an "Otoshiai Battle"

Mayumi Tanaka as Chum, Lily's mental avatar when she and Akutsu engage in an 'Otoshiai Battle"

The anime stars:

• Yūma Uchida as Masatora Akutsu
• Ayane Sakura as Lily Amane
• Shūichirō Umeda as Yūya Tanigawa
• Shunichi Toki as Kensaku Hirota
• Nao Tōyama as Yūka Tanabashi
• Rie Kugimiya as Liz
• Kazuhiro Yamaji as Teacher Shiromura

The anime will premiere on January 8 on the TV Tokyo and TV Osaka channels at 25:30 JST (effectively January 9 at 1:30 a.m., or January 8 at 11:30 a.m. EST). The anime will also air on BS TV Tokyo and AT-X channels, and will stream on the d Anime Store streaming service. Crunchyroll will stream the series as it airs.

Crunchyroll describes the story:

Masatora Akutsu, a demon on a recruitment mission in a human high school, is drafting allies for Hell against the heavenly angels. But when seated beside the captivating Lily Amane, he's in for a devilishly hilarious celestial surprise!

The group "Taiyō to Odore, Tsukiyo ni Utae" will perform the opening theme song "Otowa." Kaori Ishihara will perform the ending theme song "Gift."

Itsuro Kawasaki (Cardfight!! Vanguard G NEXT, The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting) is in charge of series scripts and is directing the anime at Children's Playground Entertainment (in collaboration with GAINA). Yūko Yahiro (Diabolik Lovers, Kaguya-sama: Love is War) is designing the characters, Takurō Iga (Oshi no Ko, Fuuka) is composing the music, and ANLA is in charge of music production.

Azuma launched the manga in Kadokawa's Dengeki Maoh magazine in June 2016. Kadokawa will publish the manga's 17th compiled book volume on December 27. The first volume of a spinoff manga shipped on October 26.

Source: Press release

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