The diplomatic mission at the heart of the next arc now has its royal court. The official website for The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom has announced four new cast members, all voicing the royal family of the Country of Long Nights.
In the Country of Long Nights arc, which begins in Episode 4, Eleonora, Insomniac and Johanne travel to the country on a diplomatic mission. Waiting for them is a royal household spanning three generations, from the queen who has ruled for 17 years to the granddaughter in line to succeed her one day.
The new cast members are:
Naomi Shindō (Cagalli Yula Athha in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED) as Hyrokkin, the queen of the Country of Long Nights, now in the 17th year of her reign and mother to eight daughters
Atsushi Ono (Daigo Kagemitsu in Dororo) as Rollo, Hyrokkin's prince consort, whose health has been failing of late and who has been able to spend little time with the queen
Ai Kayano (Menma in Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day) as Birgitta, Hyrokkin's eldest daughter and heir presumptive, next in line for the throne
Yurie Funato as Kastehelmi, Birgitta's daughter and third in line to the monarchy, expected to lead the country as the queen after next
They join the seven brothers at the center of the series: Kengo Takanashi as Insomniac, Makoto Tanikawa as Fraternity, Haruki Ishiya as Feverish, Satoshi Inomata as Chilly, Kiyoto Mizuno as Beast-Tamer, Taishi Murata as Swordsman and Reiji Kawashima as Hungry, alongside Akeno Watanabe as their mother Baribara and Show Hayami as the narrator.
Kiyoko Sayama is directing the anime at J.C. Staff, with Shinzo Fujita writing and overseeing the series scripts. Yuriko Maeda is designing the characters, Yoshiaki Fujisawa is composing the music, and Jin Aketagawa is the sound director.
What is The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom about?
The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom is based on Nao Iwamoto's fantasy romance manga, which launched in Shogakukan's Flowers magazine in 2016. Shogakukan shipped the manga's 11th volume in June, and the series topped the list of manga for female readers in the 2018 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook.
The story centers on seven brothers who serve as knights of the Marronnier Kingdom, which lies at the center of a group of eight kingdoms. Each brother is dispatched to a different kingdom as an ambassador, setting out on a journey to find his fated partner.
Viz Media licensed the manga on October 1 and released the first two chapters digitally the same day, giving English readers a way into the story alongside the anime. The addition of the Country of Long Nights' royal family pushes the brothers' ambassadorial travels into their next destination.
The anime premiered on NHK Educational on October 3, and The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom is streaming on Amazon Prime Video, which is also streaming an English dub.
Source: official website of The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom
