Former nationally famend idol seems in anime premiering on July 3
The official web site for the tv anime of Kumiko Saiki‘s Kageki Shoujo!! manga started streaming on Tuesday the second character promotional video, and it highlights the character Ai Narata, voiced by Yumiri Hanamori. Narata is a former nationally famend idol who dislikes guys.
The anime will premiere on July 3 on AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS11, and HTB.
The anime stars (not all character names are official romanizations):
The Matsuda sisters are twins who’re additionally enjoying twin sisters within the anime.
The three-member band saji is performing the opening theme music “Hoshi no Orchestra” (Starry Orchestra).
Though the anime’s title is Kageki Shoujo!!, its story will come from Kageki Shoujo!! Season Zero.
Kazuhiro Yoneda (Yona of the Dawn, Hozuki’s Coolheadedness) is directing the anime at PINE JAM. Tadashi Morishita (Yona of the Daybreak) is answerable for the sequence scripts. Takahiro Kishida (Gleipnir, Haikyu!!, Madoka Magica) is designing the characters. Tsuneyoshi Saito (Fafner, PriPara) is composing the music.
Saiki serialized the unique manga underneath the title Kageki Shoujo!! (with one exclamation mark) in Shueisha‘s Jump Kai journal from 2012 to 2014, and ended the unique serialization after the journal ceased publication in October 2014.
Saiki then launched the continued sequel manga underneath the title Kageki Shoujo!! (with two exclamation marks) in Melody in 2015. The manga was nominated for Finest Shōjo Manga in Kodansha‘s forty fourth annual Manga Awards final 12 months.
Shueisha revealed the unique manga in two volumes, however re-released the sequence in a single compiled quantity in March 2019 with the title Kageki Shoujo!! Season Zero. That is the amount that Seven Seas Entertainment released in English underneath the title Kageki Shoujo!! The Curtain Rises. The writer describes the story:
Just like the Takarazuka Revue, the younger ladies who go to the humanities academy Kouka Kageki Excessive College play all of the components of musical theater, be they feminine or male. Narada Ai is a jaded former idol performing feminine roles—her roommate, enjoying male roles, is bright-eyed nation woman Watanabe Sarasa. From the varsity to the stage to the remainder of their lives, there isn’t a problem these younger ladies cannot face with their ardour for efficiency.
Sources: Kageki Shoujo!! anime’s website, Comic Natalie
