Somali and the Forest Spirit anime’s official website declared that the arrangement will debut on January 9. The anime will make a big appearance on AbemaTV and Tokyo MX on January 9 at 24:00 before appearing on BS-NTV on January 13.
The two short AD’s on Monday, additionally sees the opening signature tune “Arigatō wa Kocchi no Kotoba” by Naotarō Moriyama.
Anime’s cast members are:
- Rie Shibata as Rosa-obasan
- Sho Hayami as Musurika
- Tomokazu Seki as Kokilira
- Ai Kayano as Hazel
- Ayahi Takagaki as Praline
- Inori Minase as Somali
- Daisuke Ono as Golem
- Hiroki Nanami as Shizuno
- Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Yabashira
- Saori Hayami as Uzoi
- Yuuki Ono as Haitora
- Yu Kobayashi as Kikila
Anime’s staff members:
- Kenji Yasuda is directing the anime at “Satelight and HORNETS“
- Mariko Mochizuki script supervisor
- Ikuko Ito character designer
- Naotarō Moriyama performs the opening theme song “Arigatō wa Kocchi no Kotoba”
- Inori Minase performs the ending theme song “Kokoro Somali.”
Somali and the Forest Spirit is set in a world managed by spirits and beasts, and where people are oppressed and headed to the edge of eradication. In a specific woods, a golem – the watchman of the backwoods – and a young lady meet. Their voyage as surrogate dad and girl to one another starts.