Mebius Dust Anime Adds 6 New Cast Members and Confirms July Premiere

We can almost hear the neighborhood waking up. One minute it’s bathhouse steam and handheld games, the next it’s a full-on cast reveal—like opening a mystery box and finding pure chaos (the good kind, mostro). Mebius Dust, Dōga Kōbō’s original TV anime based on Hajime Shinagawa’s story, just added six more voices to its lineup.

New cast members joining Mebius Dust

Let’s go straight to the names, because this is the kind of news that hits like a cold Inca Kola on a hot day. Here’s who’s coming in and who they’re playing:

• Hiroshi Tsuchida as Shippo Marimo, a flower shop mascot and the de facto head of the place. Yes, a mascot running the show—pucha, we love that energy.
• Ryōhei Shioguchi as Tenrō, heir to the flower shop.
• Ryō Hirohashi as Shirayuki, Tenrō’s half-sibling.
• Yūki Kuwahara as Takara, only daughter of a family running a Vietnamese restaurant.
• Mari Hino as Kirara, a fashion-conscious middle schooler whose family runs a sushi shop.
• Hiromichi Tezuka as Atsushi, a former soccer player whose family runs a liquor store.

Tell us which one you’re most curious to hear on screen: Shippo Marimo’s “boss mascot” vibe, Tenrō’s heir pressure, or Atsushi’s retired-athlete energy?

So what is Mebius Dust about?

At first glance, Mebius Dust feels like a warm walk around the block. We follow Araki, Stella, and Olga, three high school students living in a cozy downtown neighborhood. They play games. They visit the bathhouse. They head home. It’s everyday life… and then that tiny pause in the description makes us lean in.

Because that’s where the magic sits: the quiet, the ordinary, the little details that suddenly glow. Like a streetlight flickering at dusk, telling us, “Oye, there’s more here.”

Staff, music, and broadcast details

We’ve got a solid team steering the ship:

• Director: Tarou Iwasaki
• Series scripts: Yoriko Tomita

And for the music, we’re getting two tracks with drama baked in:

• Opening theme: Leo Ieiri – “Mebius”
• Ending theme: Ai Tomioka – “Dilemma”

Now the schedule—so we can mark calendars and pretend we’re organized (asumadre, we try):

• Tokyo MX and BS Fuji: July 9
• MBS: July 10

The series is set for one cour, so we’re looking at a tight, focused run—no filler vibes, just the good stuff.

Why this anime matters: the Project Anima connection

Mebius Dust isn’t arriving out of nowhere. It’s the third anime produced from winners of the Project Anima contest, specifically from the “Kids/Game” category winner announced in 2019. Back then, it was tentatively aimed for after 2020, and now it’s finally landing.

Project Anima opened submissions to the general public through user-submitted content platforms and ran competitions across three categories. If we zoom out, we can see the lineage:

• Science-Fiction/Robot:Sakugan eventually became a TV anime that premiered in October 2021.
• Isekai/Fantasy:Mahō Tsukai ni Narenakatta Onna no Ko no Hanashi received a J.C. Staff adaptation that premiered in October 2024.

So yeah—Mebius Dust is part of a bigger pipeline where fresh stories get a real shot. And honestly, we love seeing that. It’s like planting seeds in a small neighborhood garden and watching the whole block bloom.

Now our call to action: add Mebius Dust to your July watchlist, and share this with your anime group chat. Also, drop your pick—which new cast addition are we following first?