The latest 20-second character PV trailer has been released for the upcoming Maho Tsukai ni Narenakatta Onna no Ko no Hanashi TV anime series, highlighting the eager and helpful Maki Kumil. The anime will premiere in Japan on October 4, 2024.
Takashi Watanabe (How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom director) is serving as chief director for the anime, with Masato Matsune (Reign of the Seven Spellblades) as director, Hiroko Kanasugi (Mewkledreamy) as series screenwriter, Lily Hoshino (Penguindrum) as original character designer, Mai Matsuura (King of Prism by Pretty Rhythm, Sirius the Jaeger co-character designer) as character designer, and Yoko Shimomura (Legend of Mana: The Teardrop Crystal, Kingdom Hearts series) as music composer. J.C.STAFF is the animation production company.
Other staff includes Kentaro Izumi (A Certain Scientific Railgun T) as background art director, Mika Funabashi (Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts) as color designer, and Yurina Yagi (Sacrificial Princess and the King of Beasts) as compositing director.
Meanwhile, the anime’s voice cast stars:
- • Hana Hishikawa as Kurumi
- • Misuzu Yamada as Yuzu
- • Yui Horie as Minami Suzuki
- • Ayumi Mano as Maki Kumil
- • Yukiya Hayashi as Asuka Kurumaru
- • Chiaki Kobayashi as Kyō Kurumaru
- • Hikaru Midorikawa as Northern Harris
- • Mikako Komatsu as Kai Mirai
- • Mako Morino as Magic Club President
- • Tatsumaru Tachibana as Magic Club Vice President
- • Saori Goto as Lemone Juicy
- • Yuka Nukui as Mikana Fruity
- • Sayumi Suzushiro as Sally Andol
The Maho Tsukai ni Narenakatta anime adaptation is based on the novel submission of the same name by Yuzuki Akasaka, which was selected as the winner of Project ANIMA’s Isekai/Fantasy category. It was serialized on the Everystar website from March 2018 to September 2019.
Project ANIMA is a joint initiative by DeNA, Nippon Cultural Broadcasting, Sotsu, and MBS that focuses on the production of original TV anime, based on submitted novels, scripts, manga, and proposals that serve as the shows’ premises. The other categories are Science Fiction/Robot and Kids/Game.
The 2021 anime series Sakugan was the Science Fiction/Robot category winner. The Kids/Game winner, Mevius Dust, is also inspiring an anime from Doga Kobo. Project ANIMA’s submission and selection processes took place between February 2018 and March 2019.
Maho Tsukai ni Narenakatta follows Kurumi Mirai, an air-headed girl who idolizes mages, and Yuzu Edel, the daughter of a prestigious magic family, as they study together at a magic academy with complicated classmates, a suspicious association, and a hidden secret.
Source: Maho Tsukai ni Narenakatta Official Anime Twitter
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