Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs Premiering on Crunchyroll This July!
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 20, 2018 Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs Premiering on Crunchyroll This July! ©TADAHIRO MIURA/SHUEISHA, YURAGISONOYUNASAN COMMITTEE A slightly sexy hot springs and ghost love comedy! SANTA MONICA, CA (June 20, 2018) – On the Aniplex Live! show on Facebook, Aniplex of America announced that the hilarious and sexy love comedy, Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs, will be premiering on Crunchyroll, the world’s largest destination for anime and manga in the world, this summer. Based on a popular manga by Tadahiro Miura and published by SHUEISHA, the supernatural series centers around a psychic Kogarashi Fuyuzora who is curiously described as being very “hands on.” Through a series of unfortunate events, he finds himself in need of a cheap room to rent and finds one at a hot springs inn with some ghostly residents called the Yuragi Inn. Voiced by popular voice actor Yuki Ono from GRANBLUE FANTASY The Animation and VALVRAVE the Liberator, Kogarashi encounters a voluptuous ghost named Yuuna, voiced by newcomer Miyuri Shimabukuro in her breakout role. Other cast members include Eri Suzuki (Monster Strike the Animation, Nanana’s Buried Treasure), Rie Takahashi (Fate/Grand Order – First Order-, KonoSuba –God’s blessing on this wonderful world!), Ai Kakuma (ALDNOAH.ZERO, The Asterisk War), Mikako Komatsu, (Eromanga Sensei, Nisekoi), and Anzu Haruno from BLEND-S. The series will be directed by Tsuyoshi Nagasawa (Kyo no Gononi, Nyaruko: Crawling With Love!) with character design by Kyoko Taketani (Pókemon the Movie: Black –Victini and Reshiram, Oreca Battle). Animation production will be handled by XEBEC (Love Hina, BanG Dream!, To Love-Ru) featuring music by Tomoki Kikuya of Nisekoi, BLEND- S, and Eromanga Sensei fame. Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs premieres Saturday July 14th at 9:00AM PDT on Crunchyroll. Characters: Kogarashi Fuyuzora VA: Yuki Ono Room 204 A highschooler and a "hands on" psychic. Thanks to having been possessed by various ghosts, he has special abilities. Yuuna Yunohana VA: Miyuri Shimabukuro Room 204 A ghost of a high school girl at Yuragi Inn. When she is embarrassed, her powers acts up "poltergeist-y." Chisaki Miyazaki VA: Eri Suzuki Kogarashi's classmate with idol-tier beauty. She has a tendency for slightly racy delusions. Sagiri Ameno VA: Rie Takahashi Hails from a Demon-Slaying Ninja Clan. She turns out to be extremely shy. Nonko Arahabaki VA: Ai Kakuma Room 201 A sexy lady, who is always drinking alcohol. A descendant of Shuten-Douji, a mythical demon leader who loved to drink. Yaya Fushiguro VA: Yui Ogura Room 203 With a cat-like personality, she always looks sleepy. Loved by a cat spirit, and has cat ears and a cat tail. Chitose Nakai VA: Sayaka Harada Manager's Room Despite her childlike looks, she is actually the oldest household deity. She has the ability to manipulate others' luck. About Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs: Kogarashi Fuyuzora is a "hands on" psychic. Ever since the day he got possessed by an evil ghost, he has been burdened with debt. Needing a cheap room to rent, he winds up at a haunted hot springs inn, Yuragi Inn, where only incredibly beautiful girls reside. Amongst the residents is a ghost, Yuuna, who cannot move on to the spirit world. Despite the resistance from the current tenants that are all girls, Kogarashi manages to start his new life at Yuragi Inn. For more information on Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs, follow the official Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs USA Facebook page @YuunaUSA or please visit: www.Yuuna-USA.com STAFF Original Story: Tadahiro Miura (SHUEISHA) Director: Tsuyoshi Nagasawa Character Design: Kyoko Taketani Series Composition: Hideaki Koyasu Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa Music: Tomoki Kikuya Animation Production: XEBEC CAST: Kogarashi Fuyuzora: Yuki Ono Yuuna Yunohana: Miyuri Shimabukuro Chisaki Miyazaki: Eri Suzuki Sagiri Ameno: Rie Takahashi Nonko Arahabaki: Ai Kakuma Yaya Fushiguro: Yui Ogura Chitose Nakai: Sayaka Harada Oboro Shintou: Mikako Komatsu Koyuzu Shigaraki: Anzu Haruno About Aniplex of America Inc. Aniplex of America Inc. (Santa Monica, California) is a subsidiary of Aniplex Inc. (headquartered in Tokyo, Japan), a group of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. and a leading provider of anime content and music production and distribution in Japan. Aniplex of America has launched fan-favorite Blu-ray and DVD releases including Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works], Fate/Zero, the Sword Art Online series, Your lie in April, KILL la KILL, Bakemonogatari, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Blue Exorcist, anohana -The Flower We Saw That Day-, NISEKOI, the OREIMO series, DURARARA!!×2, Magi series, Expelled From Paradise, The irregular at magic high school, and ALDNOAH.ZERO. The company's ever-growing line-up of shows include: March comes in like a lion, Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga, ERASED, The Asterisk War, OWARIMONOGATARI, KIZUMONOGATARI, Charlotte, Occultic;Nine, WWW.WAGNARIA!!, GRANBLUE FANTASY, Eromanga Sensei, Katsugeki TOUKEN RANBU, BLEND-S, Fate/stay night [Heaven’s Feel] I. presage flower, Slow Start, Record of Grancrest War, Today’s MENU for EMIYA Family, PERSONA5 the Animation, and Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online. 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