"Thermae Romae" Anime Cast and Staff Detailed
Adaptation of Mari Yamazaki's manga debuts in January
With the latest update to the official site for Thermae Romae—based on Mari Yamazaki's comedy manga—we now have a look at the anime's cast. FROGMAN leads the charge as Lucius in the 3-episode flash-animated adaptation, set to premiere on January 12, 2012.
The rest of the voice cast is as follows:
Hiroki Touchi - Marcus
Akio Ohtsuka - Hadrianus
Tetsu Inada - Planning Office Head
Naoya Uchida - Old Guy at the Public Bath
Hiroshi Shirokuma - Consul Lepidus
Kana Ueda - Yamaguchi (Showroom Woman)
Asa Ueno - Narrator
The short series, produced by DLE Inc. (Eagle Talon), is directed by Azumi Tani (Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Mr. Lovecraft), who shares co-writing credits with Mamoru Nakano. Toshimitsu Takechi is the character designer and animation director, and Koutarou Yamawaki (Himitsu Kessha Taka no Tsume Countdown) is the Flash animation director.
In case you missed it, the quick promo video that debuted a little over a week ago:
Thermae Romae—a comedy about Lucius, a public bath house architect in ancient Rome who time travels to modern-day baths in Japan—will be part of Fuji TV's noitaminA block.
Via ANN