Voices of AST magical girl staff & president in anime October 4
The official website for the anime of Sekka Iwata and Yū Aoki's Magilumiere Co. Ltd. manga announced two more cast members on Wednesday. The site also revealed the anime's first visual, which is created in the style of a corporate image poster. The first visual advertises “the leading company in the magical girl industry,” AST Inc.
Image via Magilumiere Co. Ltd. Anime Website
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The newly announced cast members are:
Chika Anzai as Mei Tsuchiba, (pictured above) a magical girl who works at AST Inc. Image via Magilumiere Co. Ltd. anime website.
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Akira Ishida as Kei Koga, president of AST Inc. Image via Magilumiere Co. Ltd. anime website.
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Image via Magilumiere Co. Ltd. anime website.
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The anime will premiere in Japan on October 4 at 11:00 p.m. JST on NTV's “Friday Anime Night” block, on BS NTV on October 5 at 10:30 p.m., and on AT-X on October 6 at 10:00 p.m. The anime will air globally on Amazon Prime Video starting at 00:30 JST on October 5 (effectively at 12:30 a.m. JST on October 6).
Anime stars:
Maahiro Hiraoka (CG director of the second One-Punch Man television anime, Planet With) is directing the anime at Moe and JC Staff, and Shingo Nagai (Girly Air Force, Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 3) is supervising and writing the series scripts. Hidehiro Asama is designing the characters. Makoto Miyazaki (One-Punch Man, Spy×Family) is composing the music, and Masafumi Mima is in charge of sound production. Mafumafu performs the opening theme song “Order Made” (or “Made to Order”).
Viz Media and MANGA Plus release the manga in English, and MANGA Plus describes the story of the magical girl at work:
“Magical Girl”? A job that involves eliminating a type of natural disaster called “Kaii”. Kana Sakuragi, a college student struggling to find a job, is taken in by a magical girl startup and…?! The work life of a Magic Girl begins now!
Writer Iwata and artist Aoki launched the manga on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ service in October 2021, and Shueisha will publish the 14th compiled book volume on October 4. Viz Media physically released the manga's third volume in English on August 20, and will release the fourth volume on October 15.
Source: Anime Magilumiere Co. Ltd. website, Natalie Comics