Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Girl Friend BETA TV Anime Adds 15 More Cast Members

The official Twitter account for the Girl Friend (Kari) (Girl Friend BETA) television anime announced a new cast member every day from August 6 through August 20. The full list of new cast members is:



 Previously announced cast members include:

The anime adapts CyberAgent's social romance simulation game of the same name. The five previously announced cast members are reprising their roles from the original 2012 smartphone game.

Naotaka Hayashi (Morita-san wa Mukuchi, Magi - The Kingdom of Magic assistant director) will direct the anime at the studio SILVER LINK (No-Rin, , Baka and Test). Michiko Yokote (Love Stage!!, No-Rin, Genshiken) will handle series composition. Noriko Tsutsumiya (Dragonar Academy, , Kokoro Connect animation director) is designing the characters based on original character designs by QP:flapper (MM!, Oreimo 2, Sora no Method).

Kadokawa will release the first issue of the special Girl Friend (Kari) Magazine on August 22. The magazine will include four manga series that focus on specific characters from the anime. Tsukako Akina launched the Girl Friend (Kari) Kokomi Shiina ~Koi Shite Madonna~ manga in the September issue of Kadokawa's Dengeki Maoh magazine on July 26.

CyberAgent's blogging website Ameba started service for the game for smartphones in 2012. As of June 2014, the number of registered users has passed 5.3 million. The game features over one hundred girls for the player to date, each voiced by a different voice actress. Some of the game's cast includes Yui Ogura as Momoko Asahina, Nana Inoue as Kazumi Kawabuchi, Megumi Toyoguchi as Akiho Shigetō, and Yukari Tamura as Koruri Tokitani




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Sunday, August 10, 2014

Rina Satou, Asuka Ōgame, Mikako Komatsu Star in Happy Cooking Graffiti Anime

The official Twitter account for Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara magazines announced the lead cast, staff, and premiere date for the television anime adaptation of Makoto Kawai's four-panel manga Happy Cooking Graffiti (Kōfuku Graffiti) on Saturday.

The series will star Rina Satou (Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal, A Certain Scientific Railgun S) as Ryō Machiko, Asuka Ōgame (Vividred Operation, Kokoro Connect) as Kirin Morino, and Mikako Komatsu (Nisekoi, K) as Shiina.

The story follows Ryō, a middle school girl who lives by herself. She has a knack for cooking, and she makes friendships with everyone through her food. The cooking manga is "full of detailed cuisine art to whet the appetite and slightly erotic meal scenes." The "kōfuku" in the title is a wordplay on two Japanese homonyms — one which means "happiness," and another that means "appetite."

Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Monogatari series director Akiyuki Shinbo will helm Happy Cooking Graffiti as chief director at Shaft. Mari Okada (Selector Infected Wixoss, AKB0048) will be in charge of series composition and Kazuya Shiotsuki (Nisekoi chief animation director, Madoka Magica animation director) will design the characters.


The series will premiere this winter.

Kouki Uchiyama, Ai Kakuma, Yukiyo Fujii Star in KyoAni's Amagi Brilliant Park TV Anime

The cast of Kyoto Animation's anime adaptation of Shoji Gatoh's Amagi Brilliant Park light novel series was announced on Saturday. The series will star:

 Kouki Uchiyama (Soul Eater Not!, Haikyuu!!, Nisekoi) as Seiya Kanie 
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 Ai Kakuma (Kanojo ga Flag o Oraretara, Dragonar Academy, Aldnoah.Zero) as Isuzu Sento 
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 Yukiyo Fujii (Patema Inverted) as Latifah Fullanza
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Additional cast includes:
 The "slapstick drama" begins with Seiya Kanie, a high school boy who is invited on a date in an amusement park by a mysterious beautiful transfer student named Isuzu Sento. He is introduced to Latifah, a "real" princess and the park's manager, and is asked to be the acting manager of this "disappointing amusement park in the Tokyo suburbs." 

Gatoh (Full Metal Panic!) started the series with illustrations by Yuka Nakajima (Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father!/Papa Kiki!) last year, and Fantasia Bunko published the third volume in January. Yasuhiro Takemoto (Full Metal Panic!, Lucky Star, Hyōka) is directing the anime. AKINO with bless4 (Aquarion themes) will perform the opening "Extra Magic Hours."


Amagi Brilliant Park will premiere on October 2.

Nobunaga Shimazaki, Maaya Uchida Lead Ore, Twintail ni Narimasu. TV Anime's Cast

The staff of the television anime adaptation of Yume Mizusawa's Ore, Twin Tail ni Narimasu. (I, Will Become a Twin Tail.) light novel series unveiled the cast for the series on Saturday. The announcement was first made at the TBS Anime Festa event on the same day.

The anime's cast will star Nobunaga Shimazaki (Free!, Pupa) as protagonist Sōji Mitsuka, Maaya Uchida (Pretty Rhythm Rainbow Live, Norgami) as heroine Thouars, Chinatsu Akasaki (Tari Tari, Love Lab) as Erina Shindō, M.A.O (Futsū no Joshikōsei ga Locodol Yattemita, Z/X Ignition) as Mikoto Sakuragawa, and Yōko Hikasa (K-ON!, Majestic Prince) as Isna. In addition, Tesshô Genda will star as Lizadgildy, Tetsu Inada will join the cast as Draggildy, and Sumire Uesaka will play the role of Tail Red, Sōji's alternate form.

Maaya Uchida will perform the anime's opening theme song, titled "Gimme! Revolution." The single containing the song will ship in Japan on October 22. The ending theme single will be released on the same day, and will be performed by the voice actresses of the three main heroines.

The story centers around Sōji Mitsuka, an ordinary high school boy who happens to have an obsession for twin-tail hair. One day, a mysterious beautiful girl named Thouars (Tuaaru) appears before him from a parallel world. At the same time, monsters appear in his town, and they declare that all twin-tails in the world belong to them.

These monsters feed off the "attribute power," the spiritual energy of humans. Thouars entrusted Sōji with Tail Gear, imaginary armor initiated by powerful Twin-Tail attributes. With the armor, Sōji transforms into Tail Red, a twin-tail warrior girl, to protect Earth.

Hiroyuki Kanbe (Oreimo) is directing the series, and Naruhisa Arakawa (Outbreak Company, MAOYU, Spice & Wolf) is in charge of series composition. Kazuaki Morita (Arpeggio of Blue Steel, Danganronpa) is adapting Ayumu Kasuga's original character designs. The series is being animated at Production IMS (Sora no Otoshimono Final: Eternal My Master, Date A Live II).

Wit Studio Unveils 1st Original TV Anime, The Rolling Girls


Pony Canyon announced The Rolling Girls, the first original television anime from Wit Studio (anime adaptations of Attack on Titan, Hōzuki no Reitetsu). Kotomi Deai (second Silver Spoon season) is directing the anime, and Yasuyuki Muto (Sengoku Basara: Samurai Kings franchise) is writing the scripts. Artist tanu (Tari Tari) is reponsible for the original character designs concepts, and Katsuhiko Kitada (Hal) is reponsible for the character designs. 


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