Following the release of the first episode of the new series Kaina of the Great Snow Sea, Crunchyroll is also announcing today that the first chapter of the manga adaptation by Itoe Takemoto (The Beast Player) is also now available! More chapters will be coming soon at a later date. 

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Anime Trailer

Originally announced on January 20, Kaina of the Great Snow Sea is an original new story from manga artist Tsutomu Nihei (Knights of Sidonia, Aposimz). The series is the second to come from the +Ultra announcement programming partnership between Crunchyroll, Fuji TV, and Slow Curve, which was previously announced in September 2021.

The staff and cast for the anime series include:

• Director: Hiroaki Ando (Listeners, Ajin: Demi-Human)
• Series Composition: Sadayuki Murai (Natsume Yujin-cho)
• Script: Sadayuki Murai, Tetsuya Yamada (Knights of Sidonia)
• Main Theme: Hiroyuki Sawano (Promare)
• Music: Kohta Yamamoto (Attack on Titan Final Season), Misaki Umase (Precure series)
• Animation Production: Polygon Pictures

• Kaina voiced by Yoshimasa Hosoya (Nicholas D. Wolfwood in TRIGUN STAMPEDE)
• Liliha voiced by Rie Takahashi (Sumi Sakurasawa in Rent-a-Girlfriend)
• Yaona voiced by Ayumu Murase (Hinata Shoyo in Haikyu!!)
• Amerote voiced by Maaya Sakamoto (Echidna in Re:ZERO)
• Olinoga voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi (Tengen Uzui in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
• Ngapoji voiced by Tomokazu Sugita (Kyon in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
• Handagil voiced by Nobuyuki Hiyama (Link in The Legend of Zelda)
• Halesola voiced by Kenyu Horiuchi (Pain in Naruto Shippuden)

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