Anna Nagase voices Akane Osaki in Akane-banashi, Mercedes Grunewald in Mercedes and the Waning Moon, and appears in the cast of When I Woke Up, I Had the Strongest Equipment and a Spaceship, So I Want to Live Freely as a Mercenary Aiming for a Detached House. She also voices Loups Garous in Draw This, Then Die! and will join the revival stage greetings for Super Kaguya-hime! on September 20.
Anna Nagase's recent work covers four television roles and one film. She voices Akane Osaki in the Akane-banashi anime, for which she told Anime Herald at Anime Expo 2026 that she trained in rakugo for over a year. She voices the title character, Mercedes Grunewald, in Mercedes and the Waning Moon, an adaptation of Fire head's light novel series that Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures announced for a January 2027 debut. In between, she joined the cast of Draw This, Then Die! as Loups Garous, a pen name for a manga creator whom protagonist Ai Yasumi meets at the Comitia event, and appeared in the ensemble for When I Woke Up, I Had the Strongest Equipment and a Spaceship, So I Want to Live Freely as a Mercenary Aiming for a Detached House.
Her film role is the one with the longest tail. Twin Engine announced on August 19 that stage greetings for the revival screenings of Super Kaguya-hime! will take place on September 20 at three theaters, with Yuko Natsuyoshi, Nagase, Saori Hayami, and director Seigo Yamashita reuniting for five shows. It is their first gathering since February, when the theatrical run ended.
The two interview stories describe preparation rather than casting news. Nagase's Anime Herald conversation covered her rakugo practice and the influence of co-star Akio Otsuka. A Real Sound Anime interview with Jun Furukawa, Konomi Inagaki, Nagase, and Haruka Shiraishi covered the isekai and sci-fi mix in When I Woke Up, I Had the Strongest Equipment, the hard-to-read star and country names, and the dubbing sessions the cast worked through together.
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At Machi Asobi vol.31 in Tokushima on October 17, Anna Nagase and Studio Colorido animation producer Kazuma Momohara discussed Cho Kaguya-hime!. The Netflix film topped Netflix Japan's daily movie top 10 the day after its January debut, then opened in 19 theaters for a planned week in February and ran four months, ending in June. A special-format revival began September 18.
A Real Sound Anime interview gathers Jun Furukawa, Konomi Inagaki, Anna Nagase, and Haruka Shiraishi to discuss the TV anime When I Woke Up, I Had the Strongest Equipment and a Spaceship, So I Want to Live Freely as a Mercenary Aiming for a Detached House. They describe the mix of isekai reincarnation and sci-fi, hard-to-read star and country names, and the dubbing sessions they worked through together.
Twin Engine announced on August 19 that stage greetings for the revival screenings of Super Kaguya-hime! will take place on September 20 at three theaters. Yuko Natsuyoshi, Anna Nagase, Saori Hayami, and director Seigo Yamashita will reunite for five shows, their first gathering since February.
Anna Nagase joins the Draw This, Then Die! anime as Loups Garous, a pen name for a manga creator that protagonist Ai Yasumi meets at the Comitia event. The character appears in the sixth episode, which airs this week. The series premiered July 3 on NTV's Friday Anime Night block and streams on Crunchyroll.
Anna Nagase, the voice of Akane Osaki in the Akane-banashi anime, spoke with Anime Herald at Anime Expo 2026 about her preparation for the role. She described over a year of rakugo practice, the influence of co-star Akio Otsuka, and the challenge of balancing the character's bright and dark sides.
Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures revealed the television format, first promotional video, teaser visual, main cast and staff, and the January 2027 debut for the anime adaptation of Fire head's Mercedes and the Waning Moon light novel series on Wednesday. Anna Nagase stars as the titular Mercedes Grunewald. Kunihisa Sugishima directs the anime at studio Teddy. Jun Kumagai handles series composition, Nami Shoyama designs the characters, and R.O.N and Shuhei Mutsuki compose the music. The story follows Mercedes, a reincarnated vampire child who takes up dungeon crawling to support her family after being disowned. J-Novel Club publishes the novel series in English digitally. Fire head launched the series on the Shosetsuka ni Naro website in 2018. TO Books began publishing the novels with illustrations by KeG in 2021. A manga adaptation by Pochi Edoya launched in 2021 on TO Books' Corona EX website.