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Shūmatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Anime Opens Auditions for Grade School Girls
posted on by Lynzee Loveridge
The anime adaptation of writer Akira Kareno and illustrator ue's Shūmatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii Desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii Desu ka? (Do you have what THE END? Are you busy? Shall you save XXX?) light novel series looking for a voice actress to bring one of its main characters to life. The catch is applicants should be girls between first and fourth grade.
Production Ace is holding the auditions in Tokyo on February 12 with director Jun'ichi Wada, sound director Satoshi Motoyama, and producer Atsushi Itou. Applicants must not be signed to another talent agency and will receive a scholarship to receive lessons at YOU voice actors studio, Production Ace's kids talent section.
Shūmatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii Desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii Desu ka? is set in a world where humans have been driven to extinction by "Beasts." The duty of fighting the Beasts fall to "Fairies," who are destined to use their powers to wield "Holy Swords" called "Kariyon" and eventually meet their destiny of death. A sole human being named Willem wakes up after several hundred years, and continues his fight against the Beasts. The series follows the everyday and transient lives of the leader Willem and the female fairy warriors.
The anime series will premiere in April. Kareno and ue launched the novel series in 2014, and published the fifth and final novel in April. Kareno and ue launched the first novel in a sequel series titled Shūmatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Mō Ichido Dake Aemasu ka? (Do you have what THE END? May I meet you once again?) in April, and the third volume in the new series shipped on December 1.
[Via Yara-on!]
