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Elements Garden, ENGI, Kadokawa Reveal Ghost Concert: Missing Songs TV Anime for 2026
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Kadokawa announced on Friday that it, Elements Garden, and anime studio ENGI are collaborating on the Ghost Concert: missing Songs television anime, which will debut in 2026. The project revealed a teaser visual and teaser promo video, as well as the main cast, staff, and plot.
Kadokawa stated the project is a new entry in the "song battle series" following the Symphogear franchise.
The anime will star Minori Fujidera as Seria Aiba, a female high school student who lives alone, and who has been able to see and touch spirits since she was young. The anime will also star Rina Hidaka as Cleopatra, the ancient Egyptian queen and a "Great Ghost" who is released from the realm of the dead and possesses Seria.
Noriyasu Agematsu is credited with the original story, and UNISON / Project MiucS is credited for the original work. Masato Jinbo (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei!, Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei Herz!, Restaurant to Another World) is directing the anime at ENGI and is also overseeing the series scripts. Masaaki Uikawa (Unnamed Memory chief animation director) is designing the characters. Elements Garden members Junpei Fujita, Seima Kondō, and Daisuke Horikawa are composing the music at Elements Garden / Heart Company.
Other staff members include:
- Art Directors: Tetsuya Kusama, Atsushi Satomi
- Background Art: Takeyuki Takahashi
- Color Design: Aiko Matsuyama
- Director of Photography: Atsushi Satō
- Offline Editing: Yūji Kondō
- Sound Director: Masanori Tsuchiya
- Sound Effects: Rei Ueno
The anime takes place in 2045, in a world where songs have been banned. Instead of humans playing instruments and creating music, a music app titled "MiucS" is in charge of these things. High school student Seria goes out with her friends one day, but she happens to hear someone singing, which is supposed to be prohibited. What she finds is a lone ghost, a "Great Ghost" who has appeared from outside this world.
The original Ghost Concert music project launched in 2017. The project includes music releases, live events, and merchandise. ARIA entertainment produces the project and all songs are composed by Elements Garden. Prior to today's announcement the franchise's website was last updated in May 2020.
Source: Press release
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