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HaruChika TV Anime's English-Subtitled Promo Streamed

Southeast Asian channel Aniplus HD began streaming an English-subtitled promotional video for the HaruChika (HaruChika: Haruta to Chika wa Seishun Suru) television anime on Thursday. The video shows the anime's story.

The anime premiered in Japan on Thursday. Aniplus HD will air the anime on the same day at 10:00 p.m. for Indonesia and Thailand, and at 11:00 p.m. for Singapore.

Aniplus HD describes HaruChika:

An adolescent mystery that revolves around a brass band club with a touch of bittersweet high school love. Childhood friends Chika Homura and Haruta Kamijo belong to a small brass band club on the verge of dissolution. While active and busy practicing and enthusiastically recruiting new members, they come across various mysteries.

The cast members for the main characters include:

Sōma Saitō as Haruta Kamijō
A first-year high school student. He is Chika's childhood friend. He is a horn player who has a perfect outward appearance and a clear mind. He worries about the love triangle he is in with Chika.

Sarah Emi Bridcutt as Chika Homura
A first-year high school student. She is a flute player and a member of the concert band whose dream is to go to the "Koshien" of high school music competitions, the "Fumonkan." She is worried about the love triangle she is in with Haruta.

Natsuki Hanae as Shinjirō Kusakabe
He was once a conductor as he had hoped of becoming, but now this mysterious 26-year-old serves as advisor of the concert band.

Seiichirō Yamashita as Keisuke Katagiri
A second-year high school student. He is a trumpet player and president of the concert band.

Haruka Chisuga as Miyoko Narushima
A first-year high school student. She is an oboe player who participated in the "Fumonkan" in middle school.

Nobunaga Shimazaki as Maren Sei
A first-year high school student. He is Chinese-American. He used to play the saxophone. He is currently a member of the drama club, though he doesn't attend very often.

Asami Seto as Naoko Serizawa
A first-year high school student. She is a clarinet player who dreams of playing professionally.

Nobuhiko Okamoto as Kaiyū Hiyama
A first-year high school student. He is Serizawa's childhood friend. He is a percussionist. His nickname is Kaiyu.

Yuki Yamada as Akari Gotō
After entering her second year, Haruta and Chika joined the concert band as new members. She is a lively girl who leads the first-year members. She plays the bass trombone.

Emi Miyajima as Sae Asahina
A second-year high school student and Kae's younger twin sister. She plays the bass tuba.

Chiaki Omigawa as Kae Asahina
A second-year high school student and Sae's older twin sister. She plays the clarinet.

The series is based on Sei Hatsuno's HaruChika: Haruta to Chika wa Seishun Suru "concert band youth mystery" novel series. Masakazu Hashimoto (Tari Tari, Soul Eater Not! Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva) is directing the anime at P.A. Works. Reiko Yoshida (Bakuman., K-ON!, Yowamushi Pedal, Tamako Market) is handling the series composition, Namaniku ATK (Chaika the Coffin Princess) is in charge of the original character design, and Asako Nishida (Love Live! School idol project, Vampire Knight, Angel Links) is adapting those designs for animation. Yurie Oohigashi is serving as chief animation director, and Noboru Sugimitsu is directing the instrument-playing animation. Ayumi Satō is the art director with Katsue Inoue as color key artist. Yōhei Hirata is directing the CG, and Satoshi Namiki is director of photography. Ayumu Takahashi is editing. Satoki Iida is directing the sound at Glovision, and Katsuhiro Nakano is handling sound effects. Shiroh Hamaguchi (Ah! My Goddess, One Piece, Sakura Wars) is composing the music with producer Terunari Yoshie at Lantis.

The band fhána performs the opening theme song "Niji wo Ametara" (If You Knit a Rainbow), while singer ChouCho performs the ending theme "Kūsō Traingle" (Imaginary Triangle).