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Scenes From Awajima Anime Casts Natsumi Fujiwara, Ayumi Tsunematsu
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Kadokawa revealed a new character visual for the television anime of Takako Shimura's Scenes From Awajima (Awajima Hyakkei) manga on Wednesday. The visual features the characters Katsurako Ibuki (left in image below) and Emi Okabe. Kadokawa also revealed the cast for the characters.
Natsumi Fujiwara as Emi Okabe, who creates buzz by enrolling as a student on scholarship, but gets harassed by Katsurako and others into isolation.
Ayumi Tsunematsu as Katsurako Ibuki, a third-generation member of an elite family that originated from Awajima. She envies Okabe's talent.
The anime will debut in April 2026.
The anime will star:
- Niina Nakabayashi as Wakana Tabata
- Yō Taichi as Kinue Takehara
- Ai Kayano as Ryōko Ueda
Morio Asaka (Chihayafuru, NANA, Galaxy Angel) is directing the anime at Madhouse. Kunihiko Hamada (Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card, Chihayafuru, NANA) is designing the characters, and Yasuhiro Nakanishi (Chained Soldier, Shy, My Love Story With Yamada-kun at Lv999) is in charge of series scripts. Hideki Nakamura (INU-OH film, Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway film, Inuyashiki Last Hero) is the art director, Junko Sakai (My Love Story With Yamada-kun at Lv999, Your Forma, Bibliophile Princess) is the compositing director of photography, and Takahiro Obata (Cinderella Nine, The Promised Neverland, SHOSHIMIN: How to become Ordinary) is composing the music. Harue Ono is the color designer.
Yen Press licensed the manga in July and will release the first volume on January 20, 2026. The company describes the series:
Awajima Opera School—where countless girls from across the country flock in hopes of one day standing on the big stage. As they work toward achieving their dreams of stardom, their time at Awajima is filled with as much friendship and admiration as competition and jealousy. The precious feelings of girls who are at once both classmates and rivals, tenderly captured in the portraits of an ensemble cast!
Shimura (Wandering Son, Sweet Blue Flowers, Even Though We're Adults) launched the manga in Ohta Publishing's PocoPoco website in July 2011. The manga moved to Ohta Web Comic in July 2016. The manga went on hiatus in 2019, and resumed after three years, with a monthly serialization in January 2022. The manga again went on hiatus in August 2022, and resumed in November 2023. The manga ended in March 2024.
Ohta Publishing released the manga's fifth and final compiled book volume in May 2024.
Source: Press release
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