Magical Girl Special Ops Asuka Anime's Ad Reveals January
11 Premiere
The video reveals the anime will premiere on the "Animeism" programming block. The show will air on MBS and TBS on January 11 at 26:25 (effectively January 12 at 2:25 a.m.), before airing later on BS-TBS, AT-X, and CBC. The anime will stream in Japan only on Amazon Prime Video. The site did not specify the streaming services for outside of Japan.
The
official website for the television anime of Makoto Fukami and Seigo Tokiya's Magical Girl Special Ops
Asuka (Mahō Shōjo Tokushūsen Asuka) manga began streaming a
commercial for the
The video reveals the anime will premiere on the "Animeism" programming block. The show will air on MBS and TBS on January 11 at 26:25 (effectively January 12 at 2:25 a.m.), before airing later on BS-TBS, AT-X, and CBC. The anime will stream in Japan only on Amazon Prime Video. The site did not specify the streaming services for outside of Japan.
The show stars:
Aya Suzaki (The IDOLM@STER Cinderella
Girls' Minami Nitta, Ajin's Eriko Nagai) as Asuka
Ōtorii, or Magical Girl Rapture Asuka. Three years ago she victoriously
survived the Distonia War as one of the "Magical Five." She exhibited
unparalleled strength during battle. She carries wounds in her heart from the
war, and tries to distance herself from fighting.
Akira Sekine (Princess
Principal's Princess) as Kurumi Mugen,
or Magical Girl War Nurse Kurumi. Three years ago she victoriously survived the
Distonia War as one of the "Magical Five." She is a good friend of
Asuka's, and adores her. She handles medical treatment, interrogations, and
tortures.
Eriko
Matsui (Agū: Tensai
Ningyō's Machi, The IDOLM@STER Cinderella
Girls' Nao Kamiya) as Mia Cyrus, or Magical Girl Just Cause Mia.
Three years ago she victoriously survived the Distonia War as one of the
"Magical Five." She is skilled in gunfights. She is a member of
JSOC's United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group, also known as
SEAL Team Six. She has a confident personality and demonstrates no hesitation.
Ayana
Taketatsu (K-ON!'s Azusa Nakano, Dagashi Kashi's Hotaru
Shidare) as Chisato Yonamine, an Okinawan girl with dark, hollow eyes. She lost
her mother and her right leg in a traffic accident. She was a karate student,
but must now live her life from a wheelchair with that denied from her.
Everyday her father degrades himself and abuses her.
Chinami Hashimoto (The Ryuo's Work
is Never Done!'s Ayano Sadatō, Lostorage conflated
WIXOSS' Suzuko Homura) as Sayako Hata, Asuka's
classmate. She has a tendency to be timid and introverted, but she holds only
admiration for the magical girls who fight on behalf of people. She is a member
of her school's literature club, is a bookworm, and is close with her classmate
Nozomi.
Rie
Takahashi (Sirius the
Jaeger's Ryoko Naoe, KONOSUBA's Megumin) as
Nozomi Makino, Asuka's classmate. She is a lively member of the track team, and
often hangs out with her classmate Sayako. She is the first one who spoke to
Asuka, who had isolated herself from the rest of the class. Her father works
for the foreign intelligence department of the Public Safety Bureau.
Hideyo Yamamoto (Strike
the Blood, Code:Realize
-Guardian of Rebirth-) is directing the series at LIDEN FILMS (The Heroic Legend of Arslan, Terra Formars). Makoto
Fukami (Berserk, Yuruyuri San Hai!) and Norimitsu
Kaihō (School-Live!, Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak
High School: Despair Arc) are in charge of series composition, and Yoko Suzuki (animation director for Bleach, Polar Bear's Café) is designing the
characters. R.O.N (FLCL Alternative, Kuroko's Basketball) is composing the music.
Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga series in
English, and it released the fourth compiled book volume on September 25. The
company describes the story:
When the Earth
is threatened by the sudden appearance of undead creatures, a group of young
women blessed with powers from a mysterious source rose to defeat them. Now,
after three years of apparent peace, the same malevolent creatures have
resurfaced. Five magical girls are once again conscripted to war as the Magical
Girl Special-Ops force, to defend mankind from an unholy nemesis.
Fukami (Psycho-Pass script) writes the series, and
Tokiya (Teizokurei
Monophobia)
provides the art. Naoya Tamura collaborates on the
military setting. The creative team launched the series in Square Enix's Monthly
Big Gangan magazine in June 2015, and Square Enix shipped
the eighth volume in Japan on July 25. The ninth volume will ship on December
25.
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