Joseph Luster
July 22, 2024 
If you’ve been following the delightful Mission: Yozakura Family anime—which adapts the equally delightful manga by Hitsuji Gondaira—you’re about to be treated to some new cast members. The official website updated with a pair of cast additions over the weekend, and the staff behind the series also took the opportunity to share a creditless version of the new opening movie.
The latest cast members include:
Misaki Kuno (Hawk in The Seven Deadly Sins) as Ai:
Koichi Yamadera (Spike Spiegel in Cowboy Bebop) as Momo Yozakura:
There’s also an updated visual for Nanao Yozakura, with his new uniform to be addressed in a future episode.
The new opening debuted with Sunday’s airing of episode 16, and features fripSide opening song “Secret Operation.” You can see the creditless version of the video below.
Mission: Yozakura Family Creditless Opening 2
Mirai Minato (Our Last Crusade or the Rise of the New World) is directing and writing the series, with Mizuki Takahashi on character designs and Koji Fujimoto and Osamu Sasaki on music for the SILVER LINK. production. As previously reported, the anime will have a half-year run.
The Mission: Yozakura Family anime will stream in the U.S. via Hulu, which describes the series like so:
Mission: Yozakura Family Synopsis
High school student Taiyou Asano has been socially inept ever since his family died in a car crash. The only person he can properly interact with is his childhood friend, Mutsumi Yozakura—the head of the world’s strongest family of spies. Mutsumi’s eldest brother, Kyouichirou Yozakura, has been overprotective of her ever since he once rendered her severely injured. His love for Mutsumi is lethal, and Taiyou is his next target. To survive, Taiyou must marry Mutsumi and become a member of the Yozakura family. Thrown headfirst into chaos, Taiyou begins his journey to become a powerful spy in order to protect his wife and uncover the dark secrets of his past and the Yozakura family.
Source: Anime News Network
