The stage event for the new television anime adaptation of CLAMP‘s Magic Knight Rayearth at the Kyoto International Manga Anime Fair 2026 unveiled additional cast, the theme songs, and a second promotional video on Sunday. The new anime series will run for two consecutive cours beginning on October 7 at 11.45 p.m. on TV Asahi’s “IMAnimation W” programming block.
Cast
Alcyone: Mamiko Noto (Kimi ni Todoke)
Ascot: Ayumu Murase (Chainsaw Man)
Caldina: Hitomi Ueda (Kekkon Yubiwa Monogatari)
Lafarga: Hiroki Yasumoto (Koukaku Kidoutai (TV))
Singer-songwriter Toaka (Suzume no Tojimari) is performing the opening theme “Otome no Tsurugi.” Yurina Kawaguchi is performing the ending theme “Hoshiakari.” Both theme songs are previewed in the second promotional video below.
Yui Umemoto (Ninja Kamui) is directing at E&H Production, with Takayuki Sano (Bullet/Bullet episode director) is serving as the assistant director. Shigeru Murakoshi (Apocalypse Hotel) is handling the series composition and Satomi Watanabe (Aikatsu!) is designing the characters. Yuki Kajiura (Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica), Takumi Ozawa (Magia Record: Mahou Shoujo Madoka☆Magica Gaiden), and Shiho Terada (Inazuma Eleven Go) are composing the music.
CLAMP serialized the manga in Nakayoshi magazine from November 1993 to February 1995. A sequel manga began in the same month and ended in March 1996.
Tokyopop licensed both manga in 1997, followed by Dark Horse Comics in 2009, and then Kodansha USA in 2019 with two hard-cover box sets containing three volumes each.
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Source: Comic Natalie
