The official Twitter account for the TV anime adaptation of Tow Ubukata’s fantasy novel Bye Bye, Earth has finally revealed the voice actor for Bennett, the male form of Benedictine, who will appear in the 6th episode!

Bye Bye, Earth premiered on BS NTV on July 13 and on WOWOW on July 12. The anime premiered at an advance screening of the first three episodes at the United Cinemas Toyosu theater in Tokyo on June 22. Crunchyroll is streaming the series as it airs.

The anime stars:

Yasuto Nishikata, known for his work on The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the Sky, Hortensia Saga, and Killing Bites, is directing the anime at LIDEN FILMS with assistant director Sōta Yokote. Hiroyuki Yoshino, known for his work on Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Macross Frontier, World Trigger, and Izetta: The Last Witch, is in charge of the series scripts, and Yūki Hino is designing the characters. Kevin Penkin, known for his work on Made in Abyss, The Rising of The Shield Hero, and The Apothecary Diaries, is composing the music.

The novels’ story is set on an Earth where all people take the form of animals. Belle is the only girl in the world without the characteristics of animals. She sets out to discover if there are other beings like her. Belle wields a sword and becomes involved with the struggles between the cities and outside world.

Crunchyroll, WOWOW, and Sony Pictures are producing the anime. The anime will stream on Crunchyroll “in more than 200 countries and territories.”

Ubukata’s Bye Bye, Earth fantasy novel first shipped in two volumes in December 2000 with art by Yoshitaka Amano. The work then received a new four-volume edition from 2007 to 2008 with illustrations by Hyung-Tae Kim.

Ryū Asahi launched a manga adaptation of the novels in Shonengahosha’s Young King Ours magazine in January 2020, and it ended in July 2022. Shonengahosha shipped the manga’s fourth and final compiled book volume in September 2022.

Sources: Bye Bye, Earth anime’s website

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