The official website of the Kusuriya no Hitorigoto (The Apothecary Diaries) television anime revealed additional cast, theme songs artists and the main promotional video on Sunday. The anime is set to premiere with the first three episodes on October 22 at 1:05 a.m. on Nippon TV.

Cast
Gaoshun: Katsuyuki Konishi (Helck)
Gyokuyou: Atsumi Tanezaki (Sousou no Frieren)
Lihua: Yui Ishikawa (NieR:Automata Ver1.1a)
Lishu: Hina Kino (Eiyuu Kyoushitsu)
Ah-Duo: Yuuko Kaida (Gintama)
Meimei: Megumi Han (Dance Dance Danseur)
Pairin: Ami Koshimizu (Edomae Elf)
Joka: Hiroki Nanami (Visual Prison)
Madam: Kimiko Saitou (Made in Abyss: Retsujitsu no Ougonkyou)
Luomen: Hiroshi Yanaka (Watashi no Shiawase na Kekkon)
Lihaku: Kenji Akabane (Uzaki-chan wa Asobitai!)
Xiaolan: Misaki Kuno (Meikyuu Black Company)
Guen: Mitsuaki Kanuka (Overlord IV)
Narrator: Sumi Shimamoto (Kaze no Tani no Nausicaä)

Ryokuoushoku Shakai (Hanyou no Yashahime: Sengoku Otogizoushi) is performing the opening theme "Hana ni Natte." Aina the End (Kidou Senshi Gundam: Suisei no Majo Season 2) will perform the ending theme "Aikotoba." The theme songs are previewed in the promotional video below.

Norihiro Naganuma (Mahoutsukai no Yome) is directing the anime and handling the series composition at TOHO animation STUDIO, OLM. Yukiko Nakatani (Go! Princess Precure) is designing the characters. Satoru Kousaki (Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song), Kevin Penkin (Made in Abyss), Alisa Okehazama (Jujutsu Kaisen) are composing the music.

Hyuuga originally began penning the medical mystery novel on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website in October 2011. Shufunotomo published it under its RayBooks imprint in a single novel volume in September 2012, featuring the cover illustration by Megumi Matsuda. The publisher began reprinting the series as a light novel through its Hero Bunko label with illustrations by Touko Shino in August 2014. The 14th volume was released on September 29.

Itsuki Nanao began writing a manga adaptation in Monthly Big Gangan in May 2017, featuring illustrations by Nekokurage. Square Enix published the 11th volume on February 25.

Sunday Gene-X began serializing a second manga adaptation by Minoji Kurata in August 2017. The 16th volume shipped on February 25.

J-Novel Club licensed the light novel in English in November 2020 for digital release and published the eighth volume on May 29.

Square Enix Manga & Books licensed Nanao and Nekokurage's manga adaptation in English in November 2019 and shipped the ninth volume in August. The tenth volume is planned to be released on November 7.

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Source: Comic Natalie