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'Wonder Egg Priority' Unveils Voice Cast, Production Staff, First Promo

Dec 16, 2020 1:14 AM (PST) by Vindstot | Forum Discussion
The production presentation for the Wonder Egg Priority original anime series unveiled main cast, production staff, first key visual (pictured), and first promotional video on Wednesday. The first episode will debut on NTV on January 13 at 1:35 a.m. Subsequent episodes will air on Wednesdays at 1:29 a.m.

The television anime will also premiere on Sapporo TV, BS NTV, Yamaguchi Broadcasting, Chuukyou TV, Miyagi TV, Fukuoka Broadcasting, Nankai Broadcasting, Yomiuri TV, Nihonkai TV, TV Kanazawa, and Aomori Broadcasting. Hulu, d Anime Store, Niconico, Bandai Channel, Amazon Prime Video, Hikari TV, GYAO!, DMM.com, Tsutaya TV, Rakuten TV, U-NEXT, and FOD (Fuji TV on Demand) will stream the anime series.

Introduction
A story of troubled girls, spun by screenwriter Shinji Nojima in the world of anime.

Led by a mysterious voice while on a midnight stroll, 14-year-old girl Ai Ooto picks up an egg. The voice coaxes her: "If you want to change the future, you only need to choose now. Now, believe in yourself and break the egg."

What awaits Ai after the breaking of the egg...

Cast
Ai Ooto: Kanata Aikawa (Idoly Pride)
Neiru Aonuma: Tomori Kusunoki (Deca-Dence)
Rika Kawai: Shuka Saitou (Love Live! Sunshine!!)
Momoe Sawaki: Hinaki Yano (Love Live! Nijigasaki Gakuen School Idol Doukoukai)

Staff
Assistant Director: Yuuta Yamazaki (Wake Up, Girls! Beyond the Bottom)
Action Director: Yuusuke Kawakami (Fate/Grand Order: Zettai Majuu Sensen Babylonia key animation)
Core Animator: Keisuke Kobayashi (Kimi no Suizou wo Tabetai animation director)
Guest Character Design: Iori Hisatake (Carole & Tuesday key animation)
Prop Design: Haruhi Inoue (Great Pretender key animation)
Design Works: Ootori, E wo Kaku Peter
Color Design: Kazuko Nakashima (Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai.)
Art Director: Yuuki Funao (Uchiage Hanabi, Shita kara Miru ka? Yoko kara Miru ka?)
Director of Photography: Takeo Ogiwara (Sarazanmai)
3DCG: Boundary
Editing: Daisuke Hiraki (Tsuki ga Kirei)
Sound Director: Akiko Fujita (Majo no Tabitabi)
Music: DÉ DÉ MOUSE, Mito (Kokoro ga Sakebitagatterunda.)
Sound Effects: Yuuji Furuya (Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou)

Illustrator taracod is drawing the concept art. The four lead cast are performing the theme song under the unit name "Anemoneria."

Shin Wakabayashi (Ano Hi no Kanojo-tachi, Working!!! episode director) is helming the original anime at CloverWorks, with Shinji Nojima (Takane no Hana live-action drama) credited as the original creator and scriptwriter. Saki Takahashi (Darling in the FranXX animation director) is serving as the character designer and chief animation director.

NTV's Hiroyuki Ueno (GJ-bu) and Aniplex's Nobuhiro Nakayama (Bokutachi wa Benkyou ga Dekinai) are credited for planning and producing the anime series. This marks the first collaboration between Aniplex and D.N. Dream Partners—a limited liability partnership jointly invested by Nippon Television Network and NTT Docomo.

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Source: PR Times

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