The currently airing The Great Cleric anime has received a new key visual to promote its “Meikyuu Kouryaku-hen” arc (Labyrinth Assault Arc).
Voice cast details for the arc’s new characters were also revealed. The four newly announced voice actors include Eriko Matsui as the Pope, Youko Hikasa as Cattleya, Masaki Terasoma as Granhart, and Ketarou Kumagai as Jord.
Last week, it was announced that Episode 7 and 8 of The Great Cleric would both premiere on August 31 as a result of the World Athletics Championship (Episode 6 premiered on August 17).
The Great Cleric premiered on July and is streamed by Crunchyroll. The isekai fantasy anime is based on the manga by Hiiro Akikaze, which is itself an adaptation of the light novels written by Broccoli Lion and illustrated by sime. Kodansha USA describes the plot as:
A salaryman collapses from a gunshot wound. When he comes to, he finds himself reincarnated in another world as a fifteen-year-old healer named Luciel with a talent for holy magic. In order to survive in this new world, he must build up his body and endure intensive and strict physical training, not to mention awful flavors! His masochistic zombie streak takes root in Volume 1 of The Great Cleric!
The anime’s staff includes Makoto Tamagawa (The Genius Prince’s Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt) as director, Keiichirou Oochi (Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari) as series composer, and Guonian Wang (Love Tyrant co-assistant character designer) as character designer. Yokohama Animation Lab and Cloud Hearts are co-producing the show.
Meanwhile, the cast includes Reiji Kawashima as Luciel, Akio Ootsuka as Brod, Tomoaki Maeno as Grulga, Daisuke Ono as Galba, Rika Kinugawa as Lumina, Hina Tachibana as Nanaera, Manaka Iwami as Monika, Mikoi Sasaki as Kururu, and Shoutarou Morikubo as Koun-sensei.
The manga started serialization in Suiyoubi no Sirius in June 2017 and has 12 tankoubon volumes published under the Sirius KC label as of June 2023. The Micro Magazine-published light novel series started publication in 2016. The story began as a Shousetsuka ni Narou web novel in 2015.
Source: @seija_anime
