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The TV anime “Rust-Eater Bisco” will start broadcasting in January 2022. Along with the announcement, the main visual, 1st main PV, character visuals, and additional cast members, including Tsuda Kenjiro, have been unveiled.

“Rust-Eater Bisco” is based on the novel written by Cobkubo Shinji and illustrated by Akagishi K, with the world-view illustrated by mocha. It is currently published from “Dengeki Bunko” and has won 1st place at the both overall and new bunkobon divisions of “Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! 2019” for the first time in history.

Set in Japan, where “Rusty Wind” that gets everything rusty is blowing around.
Akaboshi Bisco, a boy that belongs to the abhorred tribe “Kinokogari”, embarks on a journey to obtain a miraculous medicinal mushroom “Rust Eater”, which is said to remove all the rust, to save his dying teacher. The story depicts him, encountering Nekoyanagi Milo, a beautiful young male doctor who searches for a method to remove the rust that affects his sister, and embarking on a new adventure hand in hand.

Along with the main visual, 1st main PV, and character visuals, additional 2 cast members have been announced to be Saito Shiro as Jabi and Tsuda Kenjiro as Kurokawa.

“Rust-Eater Bisco” will be on air from January 2022.

－Broadcast Information－
On air from January 2022!

－Staff－
Original Creator: Cobkubo Shinji “Rust–Eater Bisco” (Published by Dengeki Bunko)
Original Illustrator: Akagishi K
Original World-View Illustrator: mocha
Director: Itagaki Atsushi
Assistant Director: Mataga Daisuke
Series Composition/Script: Murai Sadayuki
Character Design: Asari Ai, Itagaki Atsushi
Chief Animation Director: Asari Ai, Igawa Norie
Main Animator: Matsubara Yutaka, Kawai Momoko, Mametsuka Asuka*, Takechi Hitomi
Animation Director: Zhang Yi Xiao*
Art Director: Miyake Masakazu
Art / Creature Setting: Sono Yoshihiro
Color Design: Chiba Emi
Special Effects Supervision: Taniguchi Kumiko
Director of Photography: Takagi Tsubasa
CG Director: Mita Kunihiko*
Editing: Kimura Yoshiaki
Music: Ueda Takeshi (AA=), Tsubakiyama Hinako
Music Production: FlyingDog
Sound Director: Koizumi Kisuke
Animation Production: OZ
Title Letters: Sokyo

*These names are tentative translations and are originally written in Japanese as follows.
Mametsuka Asuka: 豆塚あす香 / Zhang Yi Xiao: 張逸暉 / Mita Kunihiko: 三田邦彦

－Cast－
Akahoshi Bisco: Suzuki Ryota
Nekoyanagi Milo: Hanae Natsuki
Nekoyanagi Pau: Kondo Reina
Ochagama Chiroru: Tomita Miyu
Jabi: Saito Shiro
Kurokawa: Tsuda Kenjiro, etc.

(C)2021 Cobkubo Shinji / KADOKAWA / Rust-Eater Bisco Production Committee