Next year, the Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! anime franchise will be celebrating its tenth anniversary with a brand new feature film. And lots of familiar faces (and voices) will be returning to next year’s theatrical release. Today, it’s been confirmed that the members of the Earth Conquest Club will join the cast of the winter 2025 film Cute High Earth Defense Club ETERNAL LOVE!
Four new casting announcements confirm the return of the Earth Defense Club’s student council foes and their hedgehog mascot:
Hiroshi Kamiya as Kinshiro Kusatsu
Jun Fukuyama as Ibushi Arima
Takuma Terashima as Akoya Gero
Hiroki Yasumoto as Zundar
Shinji Takamatsu serves as director, alongside series composition writer Michiko Yokote, original character designer Chizuru Miyawaki, anime character designer Tomoko Miyagawa, and music composer yamazo. Studio Comet, which has been involved with the franchise since the TV anime second season, works on anime production.
Other voice cast members confirmed to reprise their roles include:
Yumoto Hakone voiced by Kazutomi Yamamoto
En Yufuin voiced by Yuichiro Umehara
Atsushi Kinugawa voiced by Kotaro Nishiyama
Io Naruko voiced Yusuke Shirai
Ryuu Zaou voiced by Toshiki Masuda
Wombat voiced by Mugihito
The Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! anime franchise launched its first TV series in January 2015 and will celebrate its 10th anniversary next year.The anime franchise includes:
Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! (January-March 2015/12-episode TV series)
Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! LOVE! (July-September 2016/12-episode TV series)
Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! (August 2017/one episode OVA)
Cute High Earth Defense Club HAPPY KISS! (April-July 2018/12-episode TV series)
Crunchyroll, which streams all four series, describes the first season’ story as:
The story revolves around the members of the “Earth Defense Club” aka the “Do Nothing Club” at Binan High School. One day, the club members are soaking in a hot bath together when all of a sudden a mysterious pink wombat appears out of thin air! The wombat asks the members to lend it their help to protect the Earth. At school the next day, each of the club members receives a magical bracelet enveloping them in a dazzling light.
Source: Comic Natalie
