Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Bride is another April anime that's lately been the subject of a pretty steady stream of promotion. After the recent visual and list of bishoujo versions of historical martial artists and warlords joining the cast, a preview video has been unveiled. 

KOBUN returns to direct the follow-up to 2010's Hyakka Ryouran: Samurai Girls with Tsutomu Miyazawa back on character design and animation and Satoru Nishizono (B Gata H Kei - Yamada’s First Time, Welcome to the NHK, Naruto) writing this one.

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New cast includes:

Sarutobi Sasuke: Chinatsu Akasaki (Chūnibyō demo Koi ga Shitai!'s Shinka Nibutani, Bodacious Space Pirates' Maki Harada, Baby, Please Kill Me!'s as Yasuna Oribe)

Miyamoto Musashi: Yoko Hikasa (K-on!'s Mio Akiyama, Working!!'s Izumi Takanashi)

Sasaki Kojiro: Naomi Shindo (Gundam SEED's Cagalli Yula Athha)

Araki Mataemon: Haruka Tomatsu  (Ichika Takatsuki in Ano Natsu de Matteru, Mashu in C)

Houzouin Inshun: Satomi Sato (K-on's Ritsu, Fairy Tail's Wendy)

Keiji Maeda: Mamiko Noto (Hell Girl's Ai Enma)

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