The TV anime Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs (Yuragi-sou no Yuuna-san), which is to air in Summer 2018, held a special stage at AnimeJapan 2018’s Yellow Stage on 24 March at Tokyo Big Site.

Yuki Ono as Kogarashi Fuyuzora, Miyuri Shimabukuro as Yuuna Yunohana, Eri Suzuki as Chisaki Miyazaki, and Rie Takahashi as Sagiri Ameno were the four voice actors who dominated the first half of this special stage. Each voice actor came on stage while saying a phrase belonging to their character and were greeted with a big round of applause and cheering from the venue. Soon, the first corner, ‘A Slightly Perverted Information-Revealing Mini Game!’, started.

When cute mannequin Sara arrived on stage, she raised a buzz in the audience and on-stage. Sara wore a sexy little costume that was made of ‘water-soluble’ material and had keywords regarding the new information written on stickers and stuck onto her skin. The idea behind it was to use water pistols in order to melt her costume and reveal keywords. The cute mannequin, which was surrounded by cast members armed with water pistols, received some laughter from around the venue. Sara’s costume did not melt as easily as the cast would have thought. The cast changed into battle mode at once.

The venue was filled with laughter as the cast members explained to Shimabukuro, for whom this surreal game was part of her second stage event ever, that ‘Not all AnimeJapan stages are like this.’ By the way, the word that was revealed after dissolving Sara’s clothes was ‘onsen’ (hot spring), but that was a keyword which the cast could have roughly guessed alone without the help of Sara. After they safely recovered the keyword, additional cast members were announced. The three additional cast members, Ai Kakuma as Nonko Arahabaki, Yui Ogura as Yaya Fushiguro, and Sayaka Harada as Chitose Nakai, joined the others on stage as surprise guests.

As the recording for the anime has not started yet, there were no on-site insider stories. Therefore, the characters were politely been introduced one by one. It was agreed that Kogarashi is a boy that is very much like a Weekly Shonen Jump protagonist.

The new promotional video was shown right after the introductions. The video included some slightly perverted scenes and the cast members were squealing along. ‘Let’s challenge Shonen Jump’s limit!’ their promising speech increased our expectations for the anime. There are some parts that can’t be made into TV anime due to circumstances [laugh], but these will surely firmly appear bundled with manga special editions, which will surely satisfy exciting fans of the manga.

Furthermore, the ending theme has been revealed to be a character song, sung by Suzuki, Shimabukuro, and Takahashi.
It has also been confirmed that Shimabukuro will have a solo online radio programme which will reveal a lot of details!
The audience could experience Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs through mini corners on stage and even the promotional video with pleasant thrills.

Even though the voice recordings haven’t started yet, the cast members showed an excellent sense of unity. It is a premonition that this summer will be fun and exciting.

Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs

Summer 2018 | Anime Info

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