Official website for the anime television adaptation of Yū Toyota’s Cherry Magic! Thirty years of virginity can turn you into a witch?! The manga (30-sai Dōtei da to Mahō Tsukai ni Nareru Rashii) has revealed new visuals and the movie will premiere on Friday, January 10. The anime will air on TV Tokyo and BS TV Tokyo.
The anime will hold a preview screening of the first two episodes at Ikebukuro on December 3.
© 豊田悠/SQUARE ENIX・アニメ 「チェリまほ」製作委員会
© 豊田悠/SQUARE ENIX・アニメ 「チェリまほ」製作委員会
Chiaki Kobayashi plays 30-year-old salaryman Kiyoshi Adachi and Ryōta Suzuki plays his handsome, elite colleague Yūichi Kurosawa. Other cast members include Makoto Furukawa as Masato Tsuge and Gen Sato as Minato Wataya.
Yoshiko Okuda (Kakuriyo-Bed & Breakfast for Spirits-) will direct the anime at Satelight. Takahiro Kishida (Durarara!!, Haikyu!!, Puella Magi Madoka Magica) designed the characters and Tomoko Konparu (Kakuriyo-Bed & Breakfast for Spirits-, Uta no Prince-sama-Maji Love 1000%, Nodame Cantabile) script supervisor version of the series. Tomoki Hasegawa is composing music.
Square Enix Manga & Books licensed the manga and describes the story:
Adachi, a thirty-year-old virgin, has developed the power to read people’s minds by touching them. After encountering his very handsome co-worker, Adachi realizes that he has strong feelings for none other than Adachi himself!
The manga began being serialized on pixiv’s Gangan pixiv service in 2018.
The manga inspired a Japanese live-action television series that premiered on TV Tokyo in October 2020. Crunchyroll began streaming the series outside Japan in December 2020. The television series itself inspired a two-episode online television series that debuted on the Tsutaya Premium streaming service in December 2020. The series received a live-action film sequel to the original premieres in Japan in April 2022.
The manga also inspired a live-action Thai film.
Source: Cherry Magic! Thirty years of virginity can turn you into a witch?! anime website, Natalie Comics