A press conference for the Piano no Mori TV anime announced additional staff and cast members on Monday. Produced by Fukushima Gainax, the anime will broadcast on April 9 at 12:10 a.m. on NHK General TV.

A set of real-life pianists portraying the performances of various characters has also been revealed. The junior pianists performing for the series' main characters Kai, Shuuhei, and Takako in their childhood days were selected through an audition hosted by Nippon Columbia. The main pianist for the lead character Kai Ichinose, however, will remain undisclosed.

Staff
Series Director: Ryuutarou Suzuki (The Snack World storyboard)
Art Director: Hirotsugu Kakoi (Luck & Logic)
Color Design: Chie Yoshimura (Houkago no Pleiades)
Director of Photography: Mutsumi Usuda (Sword Art Online)
Editing: Akinori Mishima (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso)
Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki (Houseki no Kuni)
Music: Harumi Fuuki (Sarusuberi: Miss Hokusai)

Pianists
Sousuke Ajino: Kyouhei Sorita
Shuuhei Amamiya: Takagi Ryouma
Wei Pang: Niu Niu (Shengliang Zhang)
Lech Szymanowsky: Szymon Nehring
Sophie Ormesson: Juliette Journaux
Young Kai, Shuuhei, Takako: Kotone Uehara, Modan Ooyama, Kamuro Sahara, Ayano Baba

Cast
Wei Pang: Yuuichi Nakamura (Amaama to Inazuma)
Lech Szymanowski: KENN (Arslan Senki (TV))
Takako Maruyama: Aoi Yuuki (Nanatsu no Taizai)
Sophie Ormesson: Mariya Ise (Sekai Seifuku: Bouryaku no Zvezda)
Carl Adamski: Katsuyuki Konishi (Prison School)
Kousei Hirata: Toshiyuki Toyonaga (Zetsuen no Tempest)
Takeshi Saga: Kouji Yusa (ACCA: 13-ku Kansatsu-ka)
Koutarou Shiba: Hiroshi Yanaka (InuYasha)
Namie Amamiya: Marie Miyake (Gin no Saji)
Arisa: Ryou Hirohashi (Working!!)
Daigaku Kanehira: Motoko Kumai (Cardcaptor Sakura)
Reiko Ichinose: Maaya Sakamoto (Arakawa Under the Bridge)
Youichirou Amamiya: Hideyuki Tanaka (Vampire Hunter D (2000))
Jean-Jacques Theroux: Bin Shimada (Taiho Shichau zo)

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Source: Comic Natalie