'Moonrise' Unveils Main Cast, Additional Staff, April 2025 Premiere

by DatRandomDude
Mar 7, 2025 4:55 PM | 8 Comments

Netflix Japan revealed the main cast, additional staff, and theme song for the Moonrise original anime on Friday. The anime is scheduled to be released worldwide on Netflix on April 10.

Voice actors Chiaki Kobayashi (Sousou no Frieren) and Yuuto Uemura (Vinland Saga) are starring as Jacob Shadow and Phil Ashe, respectively.

Staff
Chief Animation Director: Ayumi Yamada (Banana Fish), Satoshi Kadowaki (Shingeki no Kyojin)
Sub-character Design: Megumi Tomita (Naruto: Shippuuden animation director)
Main Animators: Takaaki Chiba (Bubble), Taisei Kudou (Vampire in the Garden)
Action Animators: Takuma Ebisu (Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2), Satoshi Kimura (Arslan Senki (TV)), Yuuko Sera (Koutetsujou no Kabaneri), Ken Imaizumi (Bleach: Sennen Kessen Hen key animation)
Art Design: Kazushi Fujii (Ousama Ranking), Satoshi Takabatake (Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song)
Brush Design: Yasuyuki Ebara (The First Slam Dunk character design)
Mechanical Design: Takuma Ebisu
Mechanical Prop Design: Satoshi Takabatake
Color design: Satoshi Hashimoto (Dandadan)
Art: Studio Easter
3DCG Director: Shigenori Hirozumi (Sousou no Frieren)
Director of Photography: Kouji Tanaka (Yuukoku no Moriarty)
Editing: Aya Hida (Kaijuu 8-gou)
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima (Boku no Hero Academia)
Sound Effects: Hiromune Kurahashi (Chi. Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite)
Sound Production: Techno Sound

AiNA THE END (Kusuriya no Hitorigoto, Kidou Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo Season 2) is performing the theme song "Daijoubu."

Masashi Koizuka (Shingeki no Kyoujin Season 2) is directing the anime and handling the series composition at Wit Studio. Ayumi Yamada (Owari no Seraph) is adapting the character designs from Hiromu Arakawa (Fullmetal Alchemist) and Ryou Kawasaki (Fate/Grand Order: Zettai Majuu Sensen Babylonia) is composing the music.

A prologue novel written by Tow Ubukata (Mardock Scramble) was released on Amazon in December 2018.

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Now if only Netflix could be bothered to promote this.

Mar 10, 2025 8:09 PM by malvarez1

That list of staff is crazy.

Mar 10, 2025 8:00 AM by DARM11

Wit Studio in charge of creating this anime original series is one thing (a positive one), but woah, this staff is something even bigger. Simply impressive list of talented artists of all kinds. I'm kinda worried about character designs, though. I'm not a huge fan of Hiromu Arakawa's style, lol.

Anyway, this show's premise also sounds interesting. That being said, I will wait for an animated trailer before feeling like giving it a try once it is released. Good to know the release date, and nice that it is not that far away. ;p

Mar 9, 2025 4:29 AM by Adnash

The old teaser PV looks exciting. There's a WIT Studio original dropping next month, sweet!

I hope this is proper, hard sci-fi, with minimal magical powers or nonsensical exposition.

Mar 8, 2025 10:17 AM by perseii

@Galletita there was a PV back in 2022. Or you want a new one?

Mar 8, 2025 5:53 AM by Nachtwandler_21

Finally a release date. Hopefully no more delays.

Mar 7, 2025 8:23 PM by ZXEAN

this should have aired in 2024 according to old news https://myanimelist.net/news/67552354
hopefully its not delayed again

Mar 7, 2025 6:19 PM by deg

This looks kinda interesting, would love to at least see an animated trailer though

Mar 7, 2025 5:06 PM by Galletita