Hitomi Ueda is attached to two anime roles announced in the fall of 2026: Caldina in the new Magic Knight Rayearth anime and Raffine Silver in Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden. Both series air for two consecutive cours, and both announcements arrived within weeks of each other ahead of October premieres.
Hitomi Ueda has two announced roles in the fall 2026 anime season, and they landed within about two weeks of each other. The first came on September 20 at the KyoMAF special stage for the new Magic Knight Rayearth anime, where Ueda was named as Caldina among four additional cast members. The series debuts October 7 in the IMAnimation W block on TV Asahi and affiliated channels, airs for two consecutive cours, and has Yui Miura directing at E&H production with Yuki Kajiura, Takumi Ozawa, and Shiho Terada composing.
Then on October 4, four days before that premiere, the Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden anime named Ueda as Raffine Silver. That announcement filled out the Silver family alongside Saeko Kamijo as Essera Blanket, Azusa Tadokoro as Riculvitar Silver, and Ayaka Ohashi as Lilimi Silver, with Rina Hidaka as Reliared Silver. The series premieres October 6 on Tokyo MX, BS NTV, and MBS, also runs two consecutive cours, and streams on HIDIVE, ABEMA, d Anime Store, and U-NEXT.
Both projects share a two-cour format and a mid-fall premiere window, putting Ueda in two shows running through the season. The two announcements are otherwise unconnected and draw from separate production teams. Coverage of the Magic Knight Rayearth theme song titles diverged between sources, with "Otome no Tsurugi" rendered against "Otome no Ken"; the Nia Liston cast report carries no equivalent discrepancy.
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The Nia Liston: The Merciless Maiden anime announced four more cast members: Saeko Kamijo as Essera Blanket, Hitomi Ueda as Raffine Silver, Azusa Tadokoro as Riculvitar Silver, and Ayaka Ohashi as Lilimi Silver. The Silver family roles join Reliared Silver, voiced by Rina Hidaka. The series premieres October 6 on Tokyo MX, BS NTV, and MBS, runs two consecutive cours, and streams on HIDIVE, ABEMA, d Anime Store, and U-NEXT.
The KyoMAF special stage for the new Magic Knight Rayearth anime revealed a second main trailer on Sunday, along with two theme songs and four additional cast members. Toaka performs the opening theme "Otome no Tsurugi" (A Young Lady's Sword), and Yurina Kawaguchi performs the ending theme "Hoshiakari" (Starlight); the trailer previews both. Mamiko Noto joins as Alcione, Ayumu Murase as Ascot, Hitomi Ueda as Caldina, and Hiroki Yasumoto as Lafarga. The event also confirmed the anime will air for two consecutive cours, a half-year run. It debuts on October 7 in the IMAnimation W programming block on TV Asahi and affiliated channels at 11:45 p.m. (10:45 a.m. EDT). Ayane Sakura, Rumi Okubo, and Rie Takahashi lead as Hikaru Shido, Umi Ryuzaki, and Fuu Hououji. Yui Miura directs in his series directorial debut, with E&H production animating, Shigeru Murakoshi on series scripts, Satomi Watabe designing characters, and Yuki Kajiura, Takumi Ozawa, and Shiho Terada composing.