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Ani-One Asia Licenses Tomodachi Game Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Ani-One Asia announced on Tuesday that it has licensed the television anime adaptation of Yuki Sato's Tomodachi Game (Friends Games) manga. Ani-One Asia will reveal distribution details for the anime at a later date.
The anime premiered in Japan on April 6.
The story, based on Mikoto Yamaguchi's original concept, centers on Yūichi Katagiri, a young man with a perfect student life who has four friends with difficult lives. His peaceful daily life comes to an end when 2 million yen (about US$20,000) in school trip fees goes missing. Riddles unfold as Yūichi gets caught up in a mysterious game for money and must decide whether friendship or money matters more.
Hirofumi Ogura (Cells at Work!!, Black Butler II) is directing the anime at Okuruto Noboru, and Kenta Ihara (Saga of Tanya the Evil, Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy-) is supervising and writing the series scripts. Satomi Miyazaki is designing the characters. Studio Tulip's Si Man Wei (Edens Zero) is the art director, while Studio Tulip's Tsukasa Ohira (No Game, No Life) is in charge of art setting. Aiko Mizuno (Cells at Work!) is the color key artist. Yomogiko Murano (Attack on Titan The Final Season, Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life) is the compositing director of photography. MICHIRU (BEM, Ascendance of a Bookworm) is composing the music. Hiroto Morishita (Higurashi: When They Cry – GOU) is directing the sound at Studio Mouse.
Nana Mizuki performs the opening theme song "Double Shuffle." Rock band saji performs the ending theme song "Tomoshibi."
Source: Ani-One Asia's Facebook page
