The official website for the upcoming anime adaptation of MinatoSoft’s Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu visual novel game began streaming a new TV commercial for the anime on Thursday. The new CM features Kana Hanazawa (Anri Sonohara from Durarara!!) as Yuka Kobayakawa, an energetic girl who pursues her dreams of being an actor despite her parent’s wishes to the contrary. She plays the role of seiyu in the bishoujo game making club.
The anime will premiere on January 7 at 10:30 p.m. on Tokyo MX, before it airs on MBS, BS11, and AT-X.
The cast includes:
- Seiichirou Yamashita (Yukimura Rekka from Battle Spirits: Burning Soul) will voice Buntarou Houjou:
- Haruka Chisuga (Shizuka Sakaki from Shirobako) as Sayuki Kuroda
- Kana Hanazawa (Anri Sonohara from Durarara!!) as Yuuka Kobayakawa
- Satomi Akesaka (Chrome Dokuro from Katekyo Hitman Reborn!) as Teruha Andou
- Satomi Sato (Nagisa Hazuki from Free!) as Uguisu Yuuki
- Toshiyuki Toyonaga (Mikado Ryuugamine from Durarara!!) as Atomu Kai
The staff include:
- Original Creator: Takahiro (Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru)
- Original Scenario: Romeo Tanaka (Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita)
- Original Character Design: Matsuryu (Cross Channel)
- Director: Takuya Sato (Steins;Gate)
- Series Composition: Yuniko Ayana (Kiniro Mosaic)
- Character Design: Takayuki Noguchi (Ro-Kyu-Bu!)
- Studio: Project No.9
Here’s the first promotional video:
Anime visual:
Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu is a visual novel developed by Minato Soft to be released for Windows on March 25, 2016. An anime television series adaptation, produced by Project No.9 and directed by Takuya Satou, will premiere in January 2016.
Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu synopsis from Haruhichan:
Buntarou doesn’t know what he wants to do in the future. He does not have any kind of dream that he wants to pursue, so currently he just spends his days hanging around with his friends. One day, his classmate Sayuki asks him if he wants to help with development of a gal game. She says that she had become interested in his help after she read one his works intended for the drama club.
Buntarou doesn’t know anything about gal games, but Sayuki claims that she has the ability to make it a success. Can they make the game, and will it be a success like she claims it will be? This is the story of youths taking a daring step into the unknown…
