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Amnesia Romance Anime's 1st Promo With Animation Streamed
posted on by Sarah Nelkin
The official website for the anime adaptation of Otomate's female-oriented video game Amnesia began streaming the first promotional video with animated footage on Friday. The video features the opening theme song "Zoetrope" by Nagi Yanagi (Jormungand, Waiting in the Summer). (Ray performs the ending theme "Recall" after contributing to Waiting in the Summer and To Love-Ru -Trouble- Darkness.)
The story of the original romance game begins on the morning of August 1, when the heroine wakes up and discovers she has absolutely no memories of the past. A boy appears before her, and he introduces himself as a "spirit" named Orion. The heroine struggles to regain her memories under the guidance of Orion. She then gets a phone call, but she does not recognize the name on her mobile phone screen. She meets her apparent "boyfriend," despite not knowing his face.
The cast and staff are as follows:
- Tetsuya Kakihara as Shin
- Kishô Taniyama as Ikki
- Akira Ishida as Kento
- Satoshi Hino as Tōma
- Kōki Miyata as Ukyō
- Kaori Nazuka as "Heroine"
- Hiromi Igarashi as Orion
- Animation Production: Brains Base
- Director: Yoshimitsu Ohashi
- Character Design: Maho Yoshikawa
- Series Script Editor: Touko Machida
The anime will premiere in Japan on January 8.
