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Fragtime Theatrical OVA's Trailer Reveals More Cast, Theme Song

The official website for the anime adaptation of Sato's Fragtime manga began streaming a trailer for the anime on Monday. The trailer reveals more cast for the anime, and also reveals and previews its theme song, a cover of the 2001 song "fragile" by the pop group Every Little Thing, performed by the leads Miku Itō and Yume Miyamoto as their respective characters.

The new cast members include:

• Chika Anzai as Yukari Kobayashi
• Miyuri Shimabukuro
• Miho Hayashi
• Yuichiro Umehara
• Azusa Tadokoro
• Minami Takahashi
• Ayane Sakura

The anime will screen with limited screenings at Shinjuku's Wald 9 and other theaters beginning on November 22.

The lead cast includes:

Miku Itō as Misuzu Moritani

Yume Miyamoto as Haruka Murakami

Takuya Satō (Kase-san and Morning Glories) is directing the anime and writing the script at Tear Studio (Lord of Vermilion: The Crimson King, Why the Hell are You Here, Teacher!?). Tomoko Sudo (Kase-san and Morning Glories animation director) is designing the characters. rionos (Kase-san and Morning Glories) is composing the music. Pony Canyon will distribute the film.

Other staff members include:

• Prop Design: Seiji Nishimoto
• Color Design: You Iwaida
• Art Director: Takashi Honda
• Art Setting: Takashi Honda, Masahiro Satō, Hidefumi Kimura
• Director of Photography: Takeshi Kuchiba
• Editing: Masahiro Gotō

The "time-stopping yuri" manga centers on high school student Misuzu Moritani. Misuzu has the power to stop time for three minutes a day. One day, she uses that power to try to peek up the skirt of her classmate, the beautiful Haruka Murakami, but the power for some reason doesn't work on Haruka, and Haruka finds out Misuzu's secret.

Sato published the manga on Akita Shoten's "Champion Tap!" manga website (now known as Manga Cross) from 2013-2014. Akita Shoten published two compiled book volumes for the series.

Sources: Fragtime anime's website, Comic Natalie