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Orb: On the Movements of the Earth Anime's Video Reveals More Cast, Staff, October 5 Debut

posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda

The official website for the song "Aporia."

The newly announced cast are:

Katsuyuki Konishi as Oczy, a champion fighter who is afraid to look at the sky
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Yūichi Nakamura as Badeni, a monk who sought knowledge purely to find the moments that make the most of life
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Saya Hitomi as Yolenta, a research assistant in astronomy
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Kisuke Koizumi is the sound director.

The anime will premiere on ABEMA after each episode's airing.

The cast include Shō Hayami as Hubert.

releasing the manga in an omnibus format under the title Orb: On the Movements of the Earth, and it describes the story:

In the fifteenth century, claiming that the Earth revolves around the sun was a heresy that could get believers burned at the stake. Child prodigy Rafal is introduced to the truth about the universe by his mentor, and then must flee when the Inquisition comes to mete out “God's justice.” With only a peculiar pendant to guide him, will Rafal discover his master's research, and can he and other believers set the world alight?

Uoto Shogakukan published the eighth and final compiled book volume in June 2022.

The manga won the Grand Prize for the 26th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize awards in April 2022. Uoto is the youngest ever to win the Grand Prize at 24 years old.

Sources: Orb: On the Movements of the Earth anime's website, Comic Natalie


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