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Armed Girl's Machiavellism Anime Reveals More Cast, Theme Song Artists, April 5 Premiere

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Miku Itō joins cast, performs opening theme song

The staff for the television anime of Karuna Kanzaki and Yūya Kurokami's Armed Girl's Machiavellism (Busō Shōjo Machiavellism) manga revealed the show's additional cast, theme song artists, and April 5 premiere date on Thursday.

The anime will air on the Tokyo MX, AT-X, TV Aichi, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting, and BS11 channels.

Miku Itō is performing the opening theme song "Shocking Blue." Five of the anime's cast members (Rin's Yūki Takada, Mary's Sayaka Kitahara, Satori's Nozomi Nishida, Warabi's Rina Hidaka, Tsukuyo's Natsumi Hioka) are performing the ending theme song "Decide" under the unit name "Tenka Goken" (Five Ruling Swords).

The show's new cast includes: (Note: Character name romanizations aren't official.)

  • Miku Itō as Nono Mozunono
  • Akane Kohinata as Chōka U Baragasaki
  • Miharu Hanai as Sassa Kurasaki
  • Shiori Mutō as Ui Migii
  • Miharu Sawada as Tsunemi Tōko
  • Yuki Yamada as Kinue Tanukihara
  • Natsumi Yamada as Nico Saruwatari
  • Saki Fujita as Kyōbō
  • Tetsuharu Ohta as Kusuo Masukodera

The previously revealed cast members include:

  • Tasuku Hatanaka as Fudō Nomura
  • Yūki Takada as Rin Onigawara
  • Sayaka Kitahara as Mary Kikakujō
  • Nozomi Nishida as Satori Tamaba
  • Rina HIdaka as Warabi Hanasaka
  • Natsumi Hioka as Tsukuyo Inaba
  • Eriko Matsui as Kirukiru Amō

Hideki Tachibana (BlazBlue Alter Memory, Dragon Crisis!, H2O ~Footprints in the Sand~) is directing the anime at the studio Silver Link (Ange Vierge, Dusk maiden of Amnesia). Kento Shimoyama (Bleach, Naruto Spin-Off: Rock Lee & His Ninja Pals, Servant × Service) is supervising the series scripts, and Shoko Takimoto (BONJOUR Sweet Love Patisserie, Chaos Dragon, Senran Kagura: Estival Versus - Festival Eve Full of Swimsuits) is designing the characters. Team-Max's Hiromi Mizutani (Hell Girl, Non Non Biyori, Toriko) is composing the music at Nippon Columbia.

The "school rebellion battle action" story follows Fudō Nomura, who transfers to a school where girls carry weapons to rule mercilessly over the boys. Shortly after transferring he becomes a target of Rin Onigawara, a member of the Five Ruling Swords that commands the school. In order break free he must defeat the Five Ruling Swords.

Kanzaki began the series based on Kurokami's story in Kadokawa's Monthly Shonen Ace magazine in March 2014, and Kadokawa shipped the fifth compiled volume on July 26. The sixth compiled volume will ship on March 25.

Source: MoCa News


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