The official website for Mamoru Hosoda's ( The Girl Who Leapt Through Time , Summer Wars ) new anime feature film Scarlet ("Hateshinaki Scarlet" in Japan) announced four new voice cast members portraying the peculiar characters the protagonist Scarlet encounters in the Land of the Dead. Mamoru Miyano (Light Yagami in Death Note ) and Kenjiro Tsuda (Kento Nanami in JUJUTSU KAISEN ) play the roles of the two gravediggers who appear in the dream Scarlet saw in the Land of the Dead. This marks Miyano's third appearance in a Hosoda film, following The Boy and the Beast (as Ichirohiko ) and Belle (as Hitokawamuitaro / Guttokoraemaru), while Tsuda makes his second appearance following Belle (as Jelinek). Meanwhile, Michio Hazama (Bruno J. Global in Super Dimension Fortress Macross ) plays the role of the elder leader of the caravan that extends a helping hand to Scarlet and Hijiri, and Toshio Furukawa (Asuma Shinohara in Mobile Police Patlabor ) plays the role of the innkeeper who knows about the "No End Place" Scarlet seeks. The main voice cast members also include: Scarlet voiced by Mana Ashida Hijiri voiced by Masaki Oakda Claudius voiced by Koji Yakusho Amlet voiced by Masachika Ichimura Voltimand voiced by Kotaro Yoshida Gertrude voiced by Yuki Saito Cornelius voiced by Yutaka Matsushige Polonius voiced by Kazuhiro Yamaji Raretees voiced by Tokio Emoto Rosenkranz voiced by Munetaka Aoki Guildestern voiced by Shota Sometani Girl voiced by Noa Shiroyama Old woman voiced by Kayoko Shiraishi RELATED: Mamoru Hosoda's Scarlet Anime Film Announces 11 New Voice Cast Members Mamoru Hosoda writes and directs Scarlet , while Studio Chizu provides production and planning. The film releases in theaters in Japan on November 21, and in theaters in the United States on December 12. The synopsis reads: After failing to avenge her father’s murder, Princess Scarlet, wakes up in the “Land of the Dead.” In this world filled with madness, if she does not achieve her revenge against her nemesis and reach the “No End Place,” she will become “Void” and cease to exist. Can Scarlet find a way to live at the end of her endless journey? Source: Scarlet movie official website / X (formerly Twitter)
