The official website for the anime of actor Teruyuki Kagawa’s Insect Land picture books announced on Friday that the anime has cast Sumi Shimamoto as Earth.
The Insect Land “nature learning picture books” began with the first volume in April 2020, with anime designer Thomas Romain (Macross Delta, Carole & Tuesday) drawing the illustrations.
Jun Kawagoe (Getter Robo Arc, New Getter Robo, Mazinkaiser SKL) is directing the anime at TMS Jinni’s and TMS Entertainment, with Studio No Border listed as creative support.
The anime premiered on NHK’s E-Tele channel on April 4, and airs every Monday at 8:45 a.m. In addition, Takahiro Sakurai narrates the anime.