'Tasogare Out Focus' Reveals Additional Cast, Staff, Theme Songs, First Promo

by DatRandomDude
May 29, 2024 7:44 AM | 0 Comment

The official website for the television anime adaptation of Janome's Tasogare Out Focus (Twilight Out of Focus) manga revealed on Wednesday additional cast, staff, theme songs, second key visual (pictured), and a promotional video. The anime is scheduled to premiere on July 4 at 11:30 p.m. on Tokyo MX, followed by BS Fuji and AT-X.

Cast
Runa Kagari: Aoi Ichikawa (Tsurune: Kazemai Koukou Kyuudou-bu)
Teru Kagari: Kouhei Yanagi (Kyuuketsuki Sugu Shinu)
Takayuki Honjou: Takeo Ootsuka ("Oshi no Ko")
Minoru Chiaki: Gen Satou (Jaku-Chara Tomozaki-kun)
Isao Tsuchiya: Hinata Tadokoro (Ousama Ranking)
Rudy: Yasuaki Takumi (Plastic Memories)
Kirito Kujou: Kent Itou (Hypnosis Mic: Division Rap Battle - Rhyme Anima)

Staff
Art Director: Eri Yamanashi (Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Bakuen wo!)
Color Design: Yui Azumi (Tadaima, Okaeri)
Director of Photography: Asahiko Koshiyama (Super Lovers)
Editing: Yuuki Koike (Re:Monster)
Sound Director: Satoshi Yano (Boushoku no Berserk)
Sound Effects: Ijou Okuda (Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e), Nozomi Ushiguro
Sound Production: Ai Addiction
Music: Satoshi Houno (Koi wa Sekai Seifuku no Ato de), Kaori Nakano (Clockwork Planet)
Music Production: AQUA ARIS

Actor and singer Ikusaburo Yamazaki performs the opening theme "Crank Up" and Amber's (Kanojo, Okarishimasu 3rd Season) is performing the ending theme "Unchain x Unchain." Both songs are previewed in the promotional video below.

Toshinori Watanabe (Bungou to Alchemist: Shinpan no Haguruma) helms the anime at Studio Deen. Yoshimi Narita (Dakaretai Otoko 1-i ni Odosarete Imasu.) is handling the series composition and Youko Kikuchi (Kuroko no Basket) is designing the characters.

Janome began drawing the boys love manga on Kodansha's Honey Milk magazine in June 2018. The first and final volume was released in June 2019.

A first sequel manga titled Tasogare Out Focus: Overlap (Twilight Out of Focus: Overlap) began serializing on the same platform in May 2019. The volume was released in August 2020. A second sequel manga titled Tasogare Out Focus: Long Take (Twilight Out of Focus: Long Take) started in August 2022. The second volume was released on May 14.

The manga also received two spin-off manga, Zanzou Slow Motion (Twilight Out of Focus: Afterimages in Slow Motion) and Yoiyoi Monologue (Twilight Out of Focus: The Evening Monologues), in December 2019 and 2020.

Kodansha USA licensed the manga series in English in February 2022. Yoiyoi Monologue went on sale digitally in December 2023 and physically on January 16.

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Source: PR Times