{"id":145968,"date":"2025-10-26T09:17:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T09:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/145968\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T09:17:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T09:17:12","slug":"kikuko-inoue-joins-cast-of-spyxfamily-anime-as-melinda-desmond-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/145968\/","title":{"rendered":"Kikuko Inoue Joins Cast of Spy\u00d7Family Anime as Melinda Desmond &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Character will debut in anime&#8217;s overall 42nd episode on November 1<\/p>\n<p>The official X\/Twitter account for the anime of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=91892\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tatsuya End\u014d<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=26746\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spy\u00d7Family<\/a> manga revealed on Saturday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=542\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kikuko Inoue<\/a> has joined the cast of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2024-06-09\/spy-family-anime-gets-3rd-season\/.211715\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">third<\/a> season as Melinda Desmond, wife of Donovan Desmond and mother of Damian. The character will debut in the overall anime&#8217;s 42nd episode on November 1.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" alt=\"Character design for Melinda Desmond\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max550x550\/cms\/news.9\/230321\/melinda-spy-x-family.jfif.jpeg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/spyfamily_anime\/status\/1982091586768122115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spy\u00d7Family anime&#8217;s X\/Twitter account<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u9060\u85e4\u9054\u54c9\uff0f\u96c6\u82f1\u793e\u30fbSPY\u00d7FAMILY\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"425\" alt=\"spy-x-family-3-kv\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max300x600\/cms\/news.8\/228273\/spy-x-family-3-kv.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/spy-family.net\/news\/?p=2010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spy x Family anime&#8217;s website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9\u9060\u85e4\u9054\u54c9\uff0f\u96c6\u82f1\u793e\u30fbSPY\u00d7FAMILY\u88fd\u4f5c\u59d4\u54e1\u4f1a<\/p>\n<p>The third season premiered on October 4 at 11:00 p.m. on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=262\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TV Tokyo<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=491\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TV Osaka<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=15102\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TV Aichi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=2469\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TV Setouchi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=4613\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TV Hokkaido<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=2468\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TV Kyushu<\/a>. It also aired on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=18088\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BS TV Tokyo<\/a> on October 5. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=7606\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crunchyroll<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2025-09-09\/spy-family-season-3-trailer-reveals-ending-song\/.228600\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">streaming<\/a> the new season as it airs in Japan worldwide excluding Asia. Crunchyroll began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2025-10-17\/tojima-wants-to-be-a-kamen-rider-spy-family-season-3-anime-reveal-english-dub-casts-october-18-debut\/.230047\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">streaming<\/a> the season&#8217;s English dub on October 18.<\/p>\n<p>Past seasons&#8217; episode director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=33106\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yukiko Imai<\/a> is directing the third season at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=10798\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wit Studio<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=16953\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CloverWorks<\/a>, replacing second season directors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=36\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kazuhiro Furuhashi<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=44215\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Takahiro Harada<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=269365\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Yuki Takeuchi<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=27125\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ishura<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=33320\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Witch Watch<\/a>) and past seasons&#8217; episode art director <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=106873\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tomomi Sugimoto<\/a> are now in charge of art setting, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=262791\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keita Watanabe<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=27706\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wind Breaker<\/a> 3D director) is the CG director, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=171885\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rina Koguchi<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=32875\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Black Butler: Emerald Witch Arc<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=30476\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YATAGARASU: The Raven Does Not Choose Its Master<\/a>) is the third season&#8217;s editor.<\/p>\n<p>The new season also features returning cast and staff.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=46880\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SPITZ<\/a> performs the opening theme song &#8220;Hi o Mamoru&#8221; (Protect the Light), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=207466\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lilas Ikuta<\/a> performs the ending theme song &#8220;Actor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The first anime season&#8217;s first half <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2021-10-31\/spy-family-domestic-spy-comedy-manga-gets-tv-anime-in-2022\/.179044\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">premiered<\/a> in April 2022, and the second half premiered in October 2022. The anime&#8217;s second season <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2023-09-14\/spy-family-anime-season-2-premieres-on-october-7\/.202355\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">premiered<\/a> in October 2023 and aired for 12 episodes.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=26747\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SPY\u00d7FAMILY Code: White<\/a> anime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2022-12-17\/spy-family-anime-gets-2nd-season-film-in-2023\/.193077\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">film<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2023-03-25\/spy-family-reveals-2nd-season-anime-october-premiere-film-december-22-debut\/.196433\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">opened<\/a> in Japan in December 2023.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=4552\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Viz Media<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2019-09-23\/viz-adds-tatsuya-endo-spy-x-family-manga\/.151425\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">publishing<\/a> Tatsuya End\u014d&#8217;s original and ongoing manga in English, and it describes the story:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\tMaster spy Twilight is the best at what he does when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions in the name of a better world. But when he receives the ultimate impossible assignment\u2014get married and have a kid\u2014he may finally be in over his head!<\/p>\n<p>Not one to depend on others, Twilight has his work cut out for him procuring both a wife and a child for his mission to infiltrate an elite private school. What he doesn&#8217;t know is that the wife he&#8217;s chosen is an assassin and the child he&#8217;s adopted is a telepath!\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=909\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shueisha<\/a> is simultaneously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2019-04-04\/shueisha-manga-plus-adds-2-new-manga-in-english\/.145389\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">posting<\/a> the manga in English on its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=17930\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MANGA Plus<\/a> service. Viz Media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2019-09-23\/viz-adds-tatsuya-endo-spy-x-family-manga\/.151425\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">added<\/a> the manga to its app as part of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=1363\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shonen Jump<\/a> subscription in September 2019. The company is also publishing the manga in print.<\/p>\n<p>The manga has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2022-04-30\/spy-family-manga-gets-1st-stage-musical-next-spring\/.185186\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">inspired<\/a> a stage musical that ran in March-May 2023. The second stage musical <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2024-12-21\/spy-family-gets-new-stage-musical-in-september-december-2025\/.219367\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">runs<\/a> from September to December this year.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Spy\u00d7Family anime&#8217;s X\/Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/spyfamily_anime\/status\/1982091586768122115\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">account<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ota-suke.jp\/news\/286549\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ota-Suke<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Character will debut in anime&#8217;s overall 42nd episode on November 1 The official X\/Twitter account for the anime&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265],"tags":[18,117,19,17,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-145968","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-tv"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115439720874671057","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}