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Aniplus Asia's Simulcast of Ensemble Stars! Premieres on July 7
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Aniplus-Asia announced on Friday that its simulcast airing of the Ensemble Stars! television anime will premiere on July 7 at 11:00 p.m. GMT +8, with encore broadcasts every Monday at 6:00 p.m. GMT +8.
Ensemble Stars! is based on Happy Elements' smartphone game franchise. The series will premiere in Japan on July 7.
The cast from the game is returning for the anime.
Yasufumi Soejima is the series director for the anime, and Masakazu Hishida (KING OF PRISM by PrettyRhythm, King of Prism: PRIDE the HERO, King of Prism: Shiny Seven Stars) is directing the anime at david production. Novelist Akira (Sasami-san@Ganbaranai), who wrote the original scenario for the game, is in charge of the series scripts for the anime. Shinichi Inotsume (Hayate the Combat Butler, PERSONA 5 the Animation, Sket Dance) is the chief writer, and Haruko Iizuka (Children of the Whales, The Idolm@ster SideM, Little Busters!), Tomoyuki Shitaya (Bakuman., Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma), and Eri Nagata (Blade & Soul) are adapting the original character designs by Happy Elements (Cacalia Studio) for animation.
The "idol-training produce game" takes place at a private boys' idol-training school with a history of turning out many great talents in show business. The protagonist is the school's lone female student who transfers to the school because of a special situation, and enters the school's producer department. The game features eight different idol units and has a cast of more than 30 male voice actors.
Source: Press release
