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ZAQ Sings Sasami-san@Gambaranai Opening Theme
posted on by Egan Loo
The official Twitter account for singer-songwriter ZAQ announced on Tuesday that she is contributing the song "Alteration" as the opening theme song for the
Sasami-san@Ganbaranai television anime series. The song's single will go on sale on January 23. ZAQ performed theme songs for Chūnibyō Demo Koi ga Shitai! and wrote songs for Hidamari Sketch × Honeycomb and other anime.
The official website for the anime also posted character designs for the four main characters:
Chiwa Saito as Tsurugi Yagami, the big sister
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Kana Hanazawa as Kagami Yagami, the middle sister
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Ai Nonaka as Tama Yagami, the little sister
Akiyuki Shinbo is teaming up again with his Madoka Magica and Bakemonogatari studio SHAFT to make the television anime of Akira's Sasami-san@Ganbaranai light novel series. Katsuhiko Takayama (And Yet the Town Moves, Love, Election, & Chocolate) is in charge of the scripts, and Hiroki Harada (Romeo × Juliet, Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal) is designing the characters.
The story follows a hikikomori (shut-in) named Sasami who is unmotivated about even changing clothes or eating. Her brother Kamiomi takes care of her, even though she despises his slave-like nature. Sasami spends her days viewing the outside world via a "Brother Surveillance Tool" on her computer. In the outside world, the three beautiful Yagami sisters and Sasami's brother are in the middle of relationships worthy of a romantic comedy.
After his earlier Kyōran Kazoku Nikki novels were adapted into anime in 2008, Akira launched the Sasami-san@Ganbaranai light novel series in 2009.
The series will premiere on the TBS channel in Japan on January 10.
[Via 0takomu]
Image © Akira/Shogakukan, Production Committee@Gambaranai