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Ponimu Indonesia to Stream Rifle is Beautiful Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Indonesian streaming service Ponimu Indonesia announced on Thursday that it will stream the television anime of Akki Sarumi's Rifle is Beautiful four-panel manga. The company did not reveal a debut date for the stream.
The series will premiere in Japan on October 13 at 11:00 p.m. (10:00 a.m. EDT) on the Tokyo MX station, and it will also run on the Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, and BS11 channels. Sentai Filmworks licensed the anime. The series will have 12 episodes.
Masanori Takahashi (When Supernatural Battles Became Commonplace, For Whom the Alchemist Exists) is directing the series at Studio 3Hz. Tatsuya Takahashi (Katana Maidens: Toji no Miko, Ms. Koizumi loves ramen noodles) is in charge of the script and series composition. Ken Mukaigawara (Ange Vierge, Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online) is designing the characters and serving as chief animation director.
Rifling 4 — the idol unit formed by the four main voice actresses Machico, Akane Kumada, Saki Minami, and Anna Yamaki — are performing the opening theme song "Let's go! Rifling 4!!!!" and the ending theme song "Yūyake Friends" (Sunset Friends).
The manga's story follows Hikari Kokura, an incoming high school student who is excited to join her school's shooting club. When she gets there, she learns that the club has been shut down, and she must revive it.
The first chapter of the ongoing manga launched on Shueisha's Tonari no Young Jump website in April 2015. Shueisha published the fifth compiled book volume on September 19.
