Voice actress Miho Okasaki is joining the cast of the upcoming The New Gate anime as Yuzuha. Moreover, she will also be singing the series’ ending theme, which is titled “Kanataboshi.”
Besides the upcoming role in The New Gate, Miho Okasaki is known as Rimuru Tempest in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Mary Hunt in My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, and Miku Nishio in Ongaku Shojo. Her other anime roles included Teruko in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Memé Rudon in Monster Girl Doctor, Mao in The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!, Saki Kodaka in Extreme Hearts, and Milly in A Playthrough of a Certain Dude’s VRMMO Life. She will also voice Rosell Kischa in the upcoming anime As a Reincarnated Aristocrat, I’ll Use My Appraisal Skill to Rise in the World.
The New Gate anime, announced in November 2023, will be animated by Yokohama Animation Lab and Cloud Hearts. Tamaki Nakatsu will be directing it, with Hiroki Uchida in charge of the series composition, Itsuki Takemoto on the character designs, and Tatsuhiko Saiki, Yuya Mori, Misaki Tsuchida, and Tsugumi Tanaka as music composers. Previously announced cast members include Kensho Ono as Shin, Asami Seto as Schnee Raizar, and Tiera Lucent.
The anime is based on a light novel series by Shinogi Kazanami, which was first published in the Shosetsuka ni Naro website in 2013. AlphaPolis published then the series in print with illustrations by Makai no Junin, KeG, and Akira Banpai beginning in December 2013. A manga adaptation with illustrations Yoshiyuki Miwa and began serialization on AlphaPolis’ website in November 2014.
One Peace Books has licensed the manga in English, describing the first volume as:
THE NEW GATE—an online game transformed into a life-and-death struggle for its players. Thanks to the valiant efforts of Shin, the most powerful of them all, an end to the game and freedom for everyone seemed within reach. But just moments after Shin defeats the game’s final boss, he finds himself bathed in an unknown light and transported some 500 years into the future of the in-game world. Thrown from a simple game gone wrong into a strange new land, one young swordsman of unrivalled strength is about to embark on a legendary journey!
Source: Official Website
© Shinogi Kazanami, Alphapolis, “The New Gate” Production Committee