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TV5 to Air Norn9 Anime on April 20

posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Anime based on Otomate/Idea Factory PSP game premiered in Japan in January 2016

Philippine television channel TV5 revealed on Thursday that it will begin airing the Norn9 (Norn9: Norn + Nonette) anime on April 20 under the channel's ANiMEGA anime programming block. It will air every Thursday at 5:15 p.m., with an encore broadcast on Saturdays at 11:30 p.m.

The series premiered in Japan in January 2016. Southeast Asian channel Aniplus-Asia aired episodes the series four days after their Japanese airing. TV5 is partnering with Aniplus-Asia for its slate of anime content for the programming block. Aniplus-Asia describes the anime:

Guided by one particular song, young elementary school student Suzuhara Sorata, from the Heisei Era, is warped through a time skip to an unfamiliar place that looks much like the towns from the Meiji or Taishou period from his textbooks. In this world, he meets three young ladies and nine young men and joins them on a journey aboard the mysterious Norn ship, a giant globe that floats in mid-air.

The anime is based on Otomate's Norn9: Norn + Nonette PlayStation Portable otome game. In the game, the player can choose between three different girls as the heroine, each with their own three male characters to romance. The main cast from the game reprise their roles for the anime.

Takao Abo (episode director for Eureka Seven, Macross Frontier, assistant director for Lunar Legend Tsukihime) made his directorial debut at Kinema Citrus and Orange. Tetsuo Ichimura (Ane Log, episode director for Bleach, Penguindrum) served as assistant director, Natsuko Takahashi (My Love Story!!, 07-Ghost) handled the series composition, and Yukari Takeuchi (animation director for Bleach, Uta no Prince-sama - Maji Love 1000%) adapted Teita's original character designs for anime and also served as chief animation director.

Additional staff members are as follows:

Art Director: Akira Suzuki (Studio Uni)
Screen Design: Toshiki Nishi
Future Design: skirakaba
Mechanical Prop Design: Takeshi Takakura
Layout: Masatsugu Arakawa
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa (Magic Capsule)
Director of Photography: Yukiyo Kajiwara (T2 Studio)
3DCG Director: Yuushi Koshida (Orange)
Editing: Hitomi Sudō (REAL-T)
Producer: Mitsutoshi Ogura
Animation Producer: Muneki Ogasawara

Nagi Yanagi performed the show's opening theme song "Kazekiri." Kaori Oda (Baccano!, Pandora Hearts) performed the ending theme song "Zero to Kei."

Otomate and Idea Factory released the game for PSP in May 2013. The PlayStation Vita port, Norn9: Var Commons, shipped in Japan in December 2014. Otomate and Idea Factory releasde a new game in the franchise titled Norn + Nonette Act Tune on the PS Vita last October.

Aksys Games released Norn9: Var Commons in North America and Europe in November 2015.

[Via Anime Pilipinas]


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