News
Aniplus HD to Air The Perfect Insider TV Anime on October 9
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Southeast Asian channel Aniplus HD announced on its Facebook page on Friday that it will begin airing The Perfect Insider, the television anime adaptation of Hiroshi Mori's Subete ga F ni Naru (Everything Becomes F or The Perfect Insider) novel, on October 9, one day after it airs in Japan (effectively the same day, as the anime premieres at 12:55 a.m. on October 9 in Japan). The anime will air at 10:00 p.m. in Indonesia and Thailand, and at 11:00 p.m. in Singapore.
The story of the original Subete ga F ni Naru novel revolves around Sōhei Saikawa, a member of the Saikawa Research Lab. He goes on a vacation held by the lab, and Moe Nishinosono, the daughter of his mentor, joins the group on their vacation despite not being a part of the lab. There, the two end up finding a corpse. The two work together to solve the mysteries of what becomes a serial murder case.
The anime's previously announced cast includes:
Yasuyuki Kase (Naruto's Kankurou, Appleseed: Ex Machina's Yoshitsune) as Sōhei Saikawa, an associate professor of architecture at National Nagano University. He has gained the good will of Moe, but he doesn't particularly care about her. He is extremely intelligent, he has detached himself from the world, and he doesn't care at all about fashion. He loves coffee and cigarettes, but he hates watermelon, red beans, and soybean flower.
Atsumi Tanezaki (Monster Musume's Lilith, Terror in Resonance's Lisa Mishima) as Moe Nishinosono, the daughter of Sōhei's mentor, and a first year student in the architecture department of National Nagano University. She is a beautiful young woman from a high-class family. She has excellent insight, powers of observation, and calculation skills, but sometimes her thoughts jump to extreme conclusions. She loves the sound of car engines and mystery novels. She hates dried shiitake mushrooms, but because she believes they are good for anemia, she enduringly eats them every day.
Ibuki Kido (Sky Wizards Academy's Christina, OniAi's Akiko) as Shiki Magata, a genius programmer who was accused of killing her parents when she was 14, but she was found innocent due to her psychological condition. She lives in isolation at a private research lab on a remote island.
Shunsuke Sakuya as Seiji Shindō, the head of the Magata Research Institute. He is like an uncle-figure to Shiki. His hobby is to fly helicopters.
Sayaka Kobayashi as Yumiko Shindō, Seiji's wife. She knew Shiki in her early childhood. Her speciality is making sweets.
Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Yukihiro Yamane, the assistant head of the Magata Research Institute.
Bin Sasaki as Tomihiko Yuminaga, the resident doctor at the Magata Research Institute.
Kentarou Itou as Chikara Mizutani, an employee at the Magata Research Institute who is one of the few who has been at the institute since its establishment.
Yōko Hikasa as Ayako Shimada, an employee at the Magata Research Institute. She is a programmer.
Hiroshi Shimozaki as Toshiki Mochiduki, a security guard at the Magata Research Institute.
Atsushi Imaruoka as Satoshi Hasebe, a security guard at the Magata Research Institute. His hobby is playing the marimba.
Yuko Kaida as Miki Magata, Shiki's younger sister. She lives with a relative in America.
Houko Kuwashima as Momoko Kunieda, an architecture student at National Nagono University. She assists Sōhei Saikawa with his accounts. Since she has an androgynous look and also has a very straightforward way of speaking, the other students are afraid of her.
Taishi Murata as Fukashi Hamanaka, a student at National Nagono University who works in Sōhei's lab. He is in charge of planning the seminar trip, and finds himself camping on Himaga island, where the Magata Research Institute is located.
Yui Horie as Setsuko Gidō, a beautiful fair-skinned woman who is a magazine reporter. She has a close relationship with Sōhei, so she knows about his dislike of red beans and calls him "Sōhei-kun."
Katsumi Chou as Suwano, a butler who has served the Nishinosono family for many years. He looks after Moe's everyday needs.
The official website previously streamed two promotional videos previewing the show's opening theme "talking" by KANA-BOON, and the ending theme "Nana Hitsuji" by Scenario Art.
Sōhei: Everyone starts out a genius. They just slowly slide into mediocrity. They can do their jobs precisely because their minds become worse. The only ones that can actually be called "geniuses" are...
Text: Shiki Magata
Text: A perfectly executed locked room murder.
Shiki: That man...
Text: A door that has been closed for 15 years.
Shiki: He came here to meet me.
Moe: No, it was my own choice to come here.
Text: The message the genius sent...
Shiki: There is no more time. Ask your last question.
Logo: Subete ga F ni Naru The Perfect Insider
Moe: Who are you?
Shiki: I know that nobody believes this story.
Shiki: But those not satisfied by the truth have nothing to do with anyone else's understanding.
Moe: Look, in the numbers. Only the number 7 is alone.
The anime will premiere on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block on October 8 at 12:55 a.m. (effectively October 9 morning).
Mamoru Kanbe (Elfen Lied, I''s Pure) is directing the anime at A-1 Pictures (The IDOLM@STER, Persona 4 the Golden Animation). Toshiya Ono (Gatchaman Crowds, tsuritama) is in charge of series composition. Kenji Kawai (Patlabor, Fate/stay night) is composing the music and Inio Asano (Solanin, Nijigahara Holograph) is drawing the original character designs.
Additional staff include:
- Animation Character Design: Yoshiko Okuda
- Color Design: Kanako Hokari
- Art Design: Masahiro Kubota
- 3D Director: Akira Fukuda
- Director of Photography: Ken Hagiwara
- Sound Director: Katsunori Shimizu
- Prop Design: Haruo Miyagawa
- Research Lab Design: Shin Nagasawa
- Editing: Takeshi Seyama
The 1996 novel is the first installment in Hiroshi Mori's S&M series of novels. A live-action television drama adaptation of the novel aired from October to December last year on the Fuji TV channel.
Images © Hiroshi Mori, Kodansha / Subete ga F ni Naru Production Committee
