With its premiere scheduled for April 7th, you can see a new trailer for the anime adaptation of the manga above. Mission: Yozakura Family (Yozakura-san Chi no Daisakusen) written and illustrated by Hitsuji Gondaira. In the video you can hear the opening theme “Unmei-chan” (Fate) by Ikimono-gakari.
The animation is from the studio SilverLink (The Misfit of Demon King Academy, Boufuri, Ange Vierge, Dusk maiden of Amnesia), directed by Mirai Minato (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World, BOFURI: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defense.), the character designs are by Mizuki Takahashi (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation) and the song was given to Koji Fujimoto (Ragna Crimson, Tearmoon Empire) and Osamu Sasaki (The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!, Ragna Crimson).
- Art Direction: Hideto Nakahara
- Color design: Manami Yamaguchi
- Cinematography: Atsushi Satō (Studio Shamrock)
- 3D Direction: Makoto Endō (Tri-Slash)
- Editing: Yūji Kondō (REAL-T)
- Sound Director: Tōru Kanegae
In the cast we have:
- Kaede Hondo as Mutsumi Yozakura
- Reiji Kawashima as Taiyō Asano
- Akari Kitō as Futaba Yozakura
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Kyōichirō Yozakura
- Aoi Yūki as Shion Yozakura
- Kazuyuki Okitsu as Shinzō Yozakura
- Yumi Uchiyama as Nanao Yozakura
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka like Kengo Yozakura and Goliath
Mission: Yozakura Family (Yozakura-san Chi no Daisakusen) began publication in Weekly Shonen Jump in August 2019. Gondaira He is also the author of other works such as Poro no Ryuugakuki and the one-shot Genjui Toteku.
Synopsis for Mission: Yozakura Family
High school student Taiyou Asano has been socially inept since his family was killed in a car accident. The only person he can properly relate to is his childhood friend, Mutsumi Yozakura, the head of the strongest spy family in the world. Mutsumi’s older brother, Kyouichirou Yozakura, has been overprotective of her since she was seriously injured. His love for Mutsumi is lethal, and Taiyou is her next target. To survive, Taiyou must marry Mutsumi and become a member of the Yozakura family. Thrown headlong into chaos, Taiyou begins his journey to become a powerful spy to protect his wife and uncover the dark secrets of his and the Yozakura family’s past.
