{"id":507409,"date":"2026-07-03T05:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T05:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/507409\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T05:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T05:44:08","slug":"eleceed-tv-anime-reveals-main-cast-in-1st-promo-video-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/507409\/","title":{"rendered":"Eleceed TV Anime Reveals Main Cast in 1st Promo Video &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amuse Creative Studio revealed on Friday the main voice cast and first promotional video for the television <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2025-06-30\/eleceed-webtoon-gets-tv-anime-in-2026-at-dandelion-animation-studio\/.226162\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">anime<\/a> adaptation of author <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=146110\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeho Son<\/a> and artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=284796\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ZHENA<\/a> webtoon series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=36826\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ELECEED<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p>The anime will star:\n<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=109167\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Junya Enoki<\/a> as Jiwoo Seo (listed as Yuu Kazahaya in the above promo video), a reeserved young man who avoids involvement with others<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=99622\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tasuku Hatanaka<\/a> as Wooin (listed as Jin Tatsuoka in the above promo video), a mysterious Awakened who transfers into Jiwoo&#8217;s class<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=278004\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Setsuji Sat\u014d<\/a> as Dr. Delein, a brilliant scientist consumed by his relentless pursuit of research<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=215660\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hayato Dojima<\/a> as Jisuk Yoo (listed as Sota Yanagi in the above promo video), a hot-headed Awakened student who attends the same school as Jiwoo<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=249200\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shizuka It\u014d<\/a> as Jiyoung Yoo (listed as Amane Yanagi in the above promo video), &#8220;the young leader of &#8216;Mythos,&#8217; one of the largest Awakened organizations in Japan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Amuse Creative Studio also revealed more staff members:\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"423\" height=\"600\" alt=\"ELECEED key visual\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.9\/238996\/eleceed-kv.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image courtesy of Amuse Creative Studio<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Jeho Son\u00b7ZHENA l WEBTOON \u00a9\u300cELECEED\u300dAnimation Partners<\/p>\n<p>The company originally announced a 2026 premiere, but the anime will now debut in &#8220;the beginning of&#8221; 2027.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"420\" alt=\"eleceed-kv-eng\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max300x600\/cms\/news.8\/226162\/eleceed-kv-eng.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image courtesy of Amuse Creative Studio<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9Jeho Son\u00b7ZHENA l WEBTOON \u00a9\u300cELECEED\u300dAnimation Partners<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=1569\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hiroshi Nishikiori<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=30572\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">IDOLiSH7 the Movie LIVE 4bit BEYOND THE PERiOD<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=32283\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Honey Lemon Soda<\/a>) is directing the anime at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=10662\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DandeLion Animation Studio<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=25969\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The First Slam Dunk<\/a>). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=1365\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yousuke Kuroda<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=17786\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Hero Academia<\/a>) is writing and overseeing the series scripts. Minami Sakura (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=25050\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gridman Universe<\/a>) is the character designer.<\/p>\n<p>The story of the series reads:\n<\/p>\n<p>\tJiwoo is a kind-hearted young man who harnesses the lightning quick reflexes of a cat to secretly make the world a better place \u2013 one saved little child or foster pet at a time. Kayden is a secret agent on the run, who finds himself stuck in the body of a\u2026um\u2026decidedly fat old fluffy cat. Together, armed with Jiwoo&#8217;s super powers and Kayden&#8217;s uber-smarts, they&#8217;re out to fight those forces who would let evil rule this world. That is, if they can stand each other long enough to get the job done.<\/p>\n<p>Since its debut in 2018, ELECEED has been serialized in over 10 languages, including English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, French, and Spanish. It remains a consistent top performer on NAVER <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=16256\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WEBTOON<\/a>&#8216;s battle-action charts in North America, Asia, and Europe. The series has surpassed 1.7 billion views globally.<\/p>\n<p>Son&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=18050\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Noblesse<\/a> received a television anime adaptation by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=337\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Production I.G<\/a> in 2020. A previous 30-minute <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=18051\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Noblesse: Awakening<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/lexicon.php?id=35\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OVA<\/a> released in 2016. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=7606\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crunchyroll<\/a> streams both anime.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Press release<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amuse Creative Studio revealed on Friday the main voice cast and first promotional video for the television anime&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-507409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}