Supernatural mystery mobile game TASOKARE HOTEL revealed today a TV anime adaptation of the game is in the works, set for a January 2025 premiere.
Alongside the announcement, the first teaser trailer, the first visual and the lead staff and cast were uncovered for the anime which is set in the twilight between life and death.
The lead cast for TASOKARE HOTEL includes:
Neko Tsukahara voiced by Rika Momokawa
Atori Haruto voiced by Koudai Sakai
Masaki Osoto voiced by Yusuke Shirai
Hotel Manager voiced by Kanehira Yamamoto
Ruri voiced by Yuki Nagano
Menow voiced by Natsue Sasamoto
Kiriko voiced by Takashi Narumi
Kousuke Fujishima directs TASOKARE HOTEL at anime studio PRA, based on the original mobile game from Benoma Ray and SEEC. Yuko Hariba is doing the character and costume design for the anime with Yuko Hariba, Minefumi Harada, Yuki Yabuta and Fumiya Uehara as animation directors and Michiko Otani, Hiroki Adachi, Kiyomi Wada and Naochika Yoshimura on prop design. The rest of the anime staff includes:
Art Setting: Asaho Takahashi
Art Director: Scott MacDonald
Color Design: Hiroko Umezaki
2D Works: Keiko Onishi, Mamiko Sato
3D Production Cooperation: CAPSULE
Cinematographer: Atsushi Kanou
Editing: Keisuke Yanagi
Sound Director: Takatoshi Hamano
Music: Tsujiyo/sugarbeans
Music Production: FlyingDog
TASOKARE HOTEL is set to premiere in January 2025. In the press release, the series is described as such:
“TASOKARE HOTEL” is a hotel that is engulfed in twilight all day long, with no distinction between day and night.
It exists as a place between life and death, where souls unable to decide whether to move on to the afterlife or return to the present world can rest their wings.
The protagonist, Neko Tsukahara, wanders into “TASOKARE HOTEL” without remembering who she is or why she’s there.
Guided by the hotel staff, she is led to her room.
“There should be items related to the customer’s memories in the room. These might serve as clues to help the customer regain their memories.”
While searching for a way to return to the present world and remembering who she is, she encounters a certain incident…
Source: Press Release
