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High School Star Musical Anime's 2 Promo Videos Preview Character Songs

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Gero to perform opening theme song for October series

The official website for High School Star Musical, this fall's new musical television anime, began streaming two new promotional videos on Friday.

The above video features Yūta Hoshiya's character song "Hoshi no Stride" sung by Natsuki Hanae and Tōru Nayuki's character song "My Friend ~Boku de Yokereba~" sung by Kenshō Ono.

The video features Kaito Tsukigami's character song "Limited Sky" sung by Arthur Lounsbery, Shō Tengeji's character song "Tenka no Hana" sung by Yoshimasa Hosoya, and Shū Koga's character song "Radiant Mind" sung by Tomoaki Maeno.

The website also revealed the show's theme song artists on Friday. Gero (Brothers Conflict, Tokyo Ravens theme songs) will perform the opening theme song "Dreamer," and Gero's single CD with the opening song will ship on October 21. Voice actors Natsuki Hanae, Kenshō Ono, Arthur Lounsbery, Yoshimasa Hosoya, and Tomoaki Maeno will perform the ending theme song "Seishun Countdown" as the unit "Team Ōtori."

The series will premiere in October.

The show's main cast includes:

  • Natsuki Hanae as Yūta Hoshiya (middle row center)
  • Kenshō Ono as Tōru Nayuki (front row left)
  • Arthur Lounsbery as Kaito Tsukigami (front row right)
  • Yoshimasa Hosoya as Shō Tengeji (middle row right)
  • Tomoaki Maeno as Shū Koga (middle row left)
  • Junichi Suwabe as Takashi Ōtori (back row left)
  • Daisuke Hirakawa as Tsubasa Hiiragi (back row right)

Additional cast members for the show's "Team Hiiragi" include:

The anime with an original plan by Rin Hinata is a slapstick teen comedy about high school students "who sparkle like stars." The story starts when Yūta Hoshiya enters Ayana Academy, a school focusing on show business activities, specifically music. The academy has a group of the three students with the highest grades in the musical department, and they are known as the Kao Kai (Cherry Blossom Flower Association). This organization stands at the top of the pecking order within the academy.

The shortcut to entering the musical department is to enter the Star Frame class, which is directly taught by the members, and to be recognized by them. Unfortunately, due to their own problems, students Tōru, Kaito, Shō, Shū, and Yūta are all struggling to even remain candidates for the musical department. By a stroke of luck, however, the five are spotted by Kao Kai member Ōtori, and they pique his interest.

Shunsuke Tada (Kuroko's Basketball, Prince of Tennis) is directing at C-Station (Dragonar Academy), and Sayaka Harada is in charge of the series scripts. Asami Watanabe is designing the characters. Tadako (Arashi's "Love so sweet," "Monster") is responsible for the dance sequences.


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