Promise Me the Spotlight Anime Reveals Teaser, Main Cast, and Staff
Bandai Namco Filmworks revealed the teaser trailer, key visual, main cast, and main staff for the television anime of Jun Wakatsuki's Promise Me the Spotlight manga, and said the series will air on TV Tokyo and its six affiliate channels.
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Why it matters
The announcement fills out the production behind a manga that moved from a shuttered magazine to Kodansha's Magazine Pocket, with a director and writer pair drawn from Blue Orchestra.
Key Facts
- Bandai Namco Filmworks revealed the teaser trailer, key visual, main cast, and main staff for the Promise Me the Spotlight anime.
- Seiji Kishi is directing the anime at Team TillDawn, with Yuko Kakihara on series scripts and Kazuaki Morita on character design.
- Haruna Mikawa voices Mizuki Natsuno and Taihi Kimura voices Koichi Okuta.
- Mai Kanno voices Awayuki Shiroi and Yukari Anzai voices Hatsune Fukuba.
- The anime will air on TV Tokyo and its six affiliate channels, with Yuika performing the opening theme.
Haruna Mikawa plays Mizuki Natsuno, Taihi Kimura plays Koichi Okuta, Mai Kanno plays Awayuki Shiroi, and Yukari Anzai plays Hatsune Fukuba. Seiji Kishi directs at Team TillDawn.
Seiji Kishi directs the adaptation at Team TillDawn, with Yuko Kakihara on series scripts and Kazuaki Morita designing characters. Kishi and Morita worked together on Assassination Classroom and Blue Orchestra, and Kakihara wrote Blue Orchestra as well.
Haruna Mikawa voices Mizuki Natsuno, the least popular member of the idol group Melty Strawberry; Taihi Kimura voices Koichi Okuta, a high school student and her die-hard fan. Mai Kanno plays Awayuki Shiroi, the group's center, and Yukari Anzai plays Hatsune Fukuba. Character visuals also went out for the other Melty Strawberry members. Yuika performs the opening theme, "Nanimono demo nakatta Watashi dakara."
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