An anime adaptation was announced for writer Ko Nigatsu and illustrator Saba Mizore’s The Many Sides of Voice Actor Radio (Seiyu Radio no Ura Omote) back in December 2022, and now we have three more cast members getting in on the series that kicked off on April 10. Along with the launch in Japan and on Crunchyroll, the cast expanded with the addition of Ami Koshimizu, Misato Fukuen and Miyuri Shimabukuro.
Here’s a look at their respective characters and designs.
Ami Koshimizu voices Yasumi’s manager, Rinko Kagasaki:
Misato Fukuen voices broadcast writer Mirei Asaka:
Miyuri Shimabukuro voices Yumiko’s best friend, Wakana Kawagishi:
The anime’s two protagonists, Yumiko Sato and Chika Watanabe, will be voiced respectively by Miku Ito and Moe Toyota, who also voiced the characters in audio books, radio shows and promotional videos for the light novel series. The story follows Yumiko as she is selected to be a radio personality for a radio show along with another young actress, Chika, who also happens to be her classmate. Their personalities are incompatible and they’re constantly going at one another, but they begin to overcome their problems as they work together.