Crunchyroll revealed a brand-new trailer for the upcoming original TV anime, ZENSHU during their Industry Panel at CCXP in Brazil, accompanied by the trailer was a new Key Visual, confirming an early January release date.
The new key visual wasn’t the only thing to be shown on the panel, a brand-new trailer was also shown, revealing two theme songs for the film. Performing the opening theme will be a Japanese Rock Band, BAND-MAID titled ZEN, and Sou will be performing the ending theme titled Tada, Kimo no Mama de.
It has been confirmed previously that Crunchyroll will be streaming the anime as it airs in Japan, which will premiere on TV Tokyo on January 5 at 11:45 p.m. (9:45 a.m. EST), and then it will run on BS TV Tokyo and AT-X. The staff and cast list were also revealed previously, which are listed below.
Cast List:
- Natsuko Hirose– Anna Nagase (Suicide Squad: ISEKAI, Summer Time Rendering, Back Arrow)
- Luke Braveheart– Kazuki Ura (A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring, KamiErabi God.app, My Daughter Left the Nest and Returned an S-Rank Adventurer)
- Unio– Rie Kugimiya (Fullmetal Alchemist, Fairy Tail, Gintama)
- Memmeln– Minori Suzuki (PLUTO, Pokémon Horizons: The Series, Ascendance of a Bookworm)
- QJ– Akio Suyama (Wolf’s Rain, Sakura taisen, Cromartie High School)
Staff List:
- Original Creators: Mitsue Yamasaki / Kimiko Ueno / MAPPA
- Director: Mitsue Yamasaki
- Screenplay: Kimiko Ueno
- Character & Environment Concept Art: Yoshiteru Tsujino
- Character Design & Chief Animation Director: Kayoko Ishikawa
- Chief Animation Director: Shuji Takahara / Kazuko Hayakawa / Etsuko Sumimoto
- Assistant Director: Sumie Noro
- Background Art Director: Akio Shimada
Color Design: Junko Suenaga
Staff List (Continued):
- Composite Director: Kenta Fujita
- Editing: Mutsumi Takemiya
- Music: Yukari Hashimoto
- Sound Production: dugout
- Casting Manager: Makoto Tanimura(SOUND WING)
- Animation Producer: Takahiro Ogawa
- Animation Production: MAPPA
After graduating from high school, Natsuko Hirose starts her career as an animator. Her talent quickly flourishes, and she makes her debut as a director in no time. Her first anime becomes a massive hit, sparking a social phenomenon and earning her recognition as an up-and-coming genius director. Her next project is set to be a romantic comedy movie themed around first love! However, having never been in love herself, Natsuko struggles to understand the concept of first love, and as a result, she’s unable to create the storyboard, causing the movie production to come to a standstill.
Source: Crunchyroll News (1,2)
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