The special stage event for Suikoden: The Anime, the adaptation of Konami’s Suikoden II game’s story, announced more cast members and unveiled the anime’s fourth image visual at AnimeJapan 2026 on Sunday.
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The newly announced cast members are:
Previously announced cast members include:
Toshiki Kumagai as Riliu
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Shimba Tsuchiya as Jowy
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Ayumi Hinohara as Nanami
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Katsuyuki Konishi as Viktor
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Yūichi Nakamura as Flik
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Taku Yashiro as Luca Blight
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Chika Anzai as Jillia Blight
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Akihiro Mine as Rowd
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Tsukino Chikasada as Pilika
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Ayumu Murase as Luc
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Takeo Ōtsuka as Shu
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Yoshino Aoyama as Apple
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Masato Niwa as Mukumuku
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Yūzō Satō (credited as just YUZO on the anime’s English website) is directing the anime at KONAMI animation, the game studio’s anime studio. NBCUniversal Entertainment Japan anime and music production department member Ryō Hino serves as the producer and production manager.
Michihiro Tsuchiya (PriPara, ClassicaLoid) is overseeing the series scripts. Fumi Ishikawa from Konami Digital Entertainment is credited as the game character designer, Arata Suzuki from Konami Digital Entertainment is credited for the original drafts of the anime character designs, and Ryō Yamauchi (My Master Has No Tail; Please Put Them On, Takamine-san!) is the anime character designer. Yoshikazu Iwanami (Psycho-Pass, Ghost in the Shell Arise) is the sound director, and Kōji Nakamura (EUREKA SEVEN AO, Ping Pong live-action film) is composing the music.
Konami describes Suikoden II:
Our story’s hero and his friend Jowy are members of the Unicorn Youth Brigade, which participated in a drawn-out border dispute between the Highland Kingdom and the City-States of Jowstown. A few months earlier, a truth agreement was signed between the two forces, both of which were happy to see an end to the fighting. However, hidden under the momentary peace the fires of a new war continued to smolder…
Suikoden I&II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars, the HD remastered release of Konami’s classic role-playing games Suikoden and Suikoden II, launched for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam on March 6.
Konami released the original game for the PlayStation in 1995, followed by the sequel game in 1998. The series has five main installments and five spinoff games.
Konami is also developing the new mobile and PC game Gensō Suikoden: Star Leap, and a stage play adaptation of Suikoden I that will run in December in Tokyo and Kyoto.
Sources: Suikoden anime’s website, Comic Natalie
