The official website for the upcomingSpy×Familyanime released a new key visual, revealing more staff members and an April 9 premiere on Monday. The anime will air on TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TV Setouchi, TV Hokkaido, and TVQ Kyuushuu as well as Niigata TV 21, TV Shizuoka, RCC Chugoku Broadcasting, and BS TV Tokyo.
A promotional video teasing the animewas released in December, during the Jump Festa event. The series will be split into two separate cours, with the first scheduled to run throughout the Spring 2022 season.
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Tatsuya Endo’sSpyxFamilymanga is serializedin Shueisha’s Shōnen Jump+ magazine, under the Jump Comics+ imprint. The series began its run in 2019 and has amassed 8 collected volumes so far.
Both Wit Studio and CloverWorks willproduce the anime adaptation. Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Dororo, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn) will direct the series, while Takashi Katagiri (Great Pretender), Norihito Takahashi (Berserk), and Takahiro Harada (The Promised Neverland) will serve as assistant directors.
The music for the anime will be done by musical group [K]NoW_NAME. [K]NoW_NAME have worked on a handful of anime projects, doing the music and theme songs forDorohedoro, Grimgar: Ashes and Illusions, Sakura Quest,andFairy Gone.
The rest of the staff members are:
Theanime will starTakuya Eguchi as Loid Forger with Saori Hayami and Atsumi Tanezaki set to play Yor and Anya Forger, respectively. Eguchi is best known for his roles as Hachiman Hikigaya inMy Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, and Takeo Gouda inMy Love Story!!. Hayami voiced Yukino Yukinoshita inMy Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU, and Shinobu Kochou inDemon Slayer, while Tanezaki is best known for playingRascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai’sRio FutabaandThe Ancient Magus' Bride’sChise Hatori.
VIZ Media licenses the manga in English, and Crunchyroll will stream the series as it airs.
