Kurogane’s Anime Blog

3-2-07 (8:20AM EST)—- Hayate The Combat Butler Staff
Some staff details are out on the anime TV adaptation of Kenjirou Hata’s Romantic Comedy manga Hayate No Gotoku! (Hayate The Combat Butler). Telecast starts Sunday, April 1st on TV Tokyo. Directing will be Keiichiro Kawaguchi (Getsumen To Heiki Mina), Main Character Designs by Osamu Horiuchi (Full Metal Panic), Series Composition by Shinichi Inotsume and Takegami Junki (Naruto).

The staff for the Series Composition seriously worries me.

The Hayate cast list has been announced.

• Hayate Ayasaki - Ryoko Shiraishi
• Nagi Sanzenin - Rie Kugimiya
• Maria - Rie Tanaka
• Hinagiku Katsura - Shizuka Itou

Hmm… that was quite far from my earlier predictions :P. But still, this doesn’t sound like a bad list. Ryoko Shiraishi’s voice has a rough edge to it, so her voice would fit well with Hayate. Rie Kugimiya as Nagi is perfect, while Rie Tanaka doing Maria was surprising but she’s got a good track record of playing meido’s and her reputation is well known so no worries there. Shizuka Itou as Hinagiku is.. well, I haven’t had much experience with her other roles before, so I’m not sure how it would turn out to be.

Now to wait for the airing date announcement :)

EDIT: Here’s some promotional videos of the anime. The CM and long PV.

Also, listening to Rie Kugimiya’s Nagi… some what felt she isn’t too “sharp”… perhaps they animated the “deredere” scenes more. Also seems that the anime might have a lot of weirdness to it… hopefully they won’t stray out of the manga too much.