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A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace Anime's 1st Promo Video Unveils More Cast, Ending Song; Previews Opening Song
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
Happinet revealed on "Manga Day" (commemorating the founding of Punch, the first weekly satirical magazine in 1841 in England) on Thursday the first promotional video, key visual, additional cast, and ending theme song for the television anime of Kuzushiro's Egao no Taenai Shokuba Desu. (A Mangaka's Weirdly Wonderful Workplace) manga. Sizuk will perform the anime's ending song "Thankful." The video previews the previously announced opening theme song "Zettai Shōsan!" (Absolute Praise!) by HoneyWorks feat. HaKoniwalily.
The newly announced cast members are:
The anime stars:
- Yūko Natsuyoshi as Nana Futami
- Sora Amamiya as Kaede Satō
- Miku Itō as Mizuki Hazama
Kaoru Suzuki (DIVE!!, My Roommate is a Cat) is directing the anime at Voil. Mio Inoue (My Awkward Senpai, Slow Start) is in charge of series scripts, Kana Miyai (Beyblade Burst QuadStrike, Hybrid x Heart Magias Academy Ataraxia) is designing the characters, and Ryō Tanaka (Solo Leveling, Thermae Romae Novae, Acro Trip) is the sound director. Kei Haneoka (Kono Oto Tomare!: Sounds of Life, Kaguya-sama: Love is War) and Hironori Doi (Umineko When They Cry music staff) are composing the music, and Pony Canyon is in charge of music production.
The working girls manga centers on Nana Futami, a rookie shōjo manga artist who is supported by her female editor Kaede Satō and her assistant Mizuki Hazama. Even though Nana sometimes suffers from intense delusions due to (what she tells herself is) an occupational illness, she keeps working day-to-day with the help of those around her.
Kuzushiro (Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san, Living With My Brother's Wife) first launched the manga as a one-shot in Kodansha's Kiss magazine in February 2019, and started its serialization in Kodansha's Comic Days app and website in May 2019. Kodansha published the manga's 12th compiled book volume on April 18.
Source: Press release
