 Broadcasting channel TV Tokyo opened a website for a television anime adaptation of Kana Mafune's On Air Dekinai! (We Can't Go On Air!) essay manga on Tuesday and revealed the main staff, cast members, key visual (pictured), and ending theme artist. The anime is scheduled to premiere in January 2022 on TV Tokyo, BS-TV Tokyo, and AT-X.Cast Mafuneko: You Taichi (Princess Principal) Director Onigawara: Yasuhiro Mamiya (Dr. Stone) Yori-chan: Riho Sugiyama (Nami yo Kiitekure) Chief AD Yokoyama: Yuuya Hirose (SSSS.Gridman) Staff Director, Series Composition: Jun Aoki (Poputepipikku) Music: Junpei Yamada (Ore, Tsushima) Music Production: Warlock Music Cooperation: TV Tokyo Music Sound Effects: Yuusuke Inada (Africa no Salaryman) Studio: Jinnan Studio, Space Neko Company Izuki Minato will perform the ending theme. Synopsis Set in 2014, the anime follows the adventures of 23 years old Mafuneko, a newly minted assistant director who joins the TV production department at Tokyo Hajikko Television, only to discover that the glamorous and glitzy life of working behind-the-scenes making TV shows involves strange and inexplicable tasks such as "gathering 300 acorns" and "making a mosaic out of the images reflected in the camera lens." Despite being surrounded by chaos, set-backs, and weirdos, Mafuneko struggles to become a fully-fledged TV producer. (Source: Crunchyroll, edited) Mafune, who works for BS-TV Tokyo, drew and published the work comedy manga in 2017, followed by a sequel in 2020. Official site: https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/oadekinai/ Source: PR Times On Air Dekinai! on MAL |
DatRandomDudeNov 3, 2021 9:53 PM
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Connes said: Wtf is an essay manga? A comic essay (コミックエッセイ or エッセイ漫画) is a manga genre that draws on the author's life experiences, much like an Autobiography, to discuss lifestyle topics such as travel, cuisine, child-raising or pet care, or mental health. https://www.anime-planet.com/manga/tags/comic-essays |
| It looks like a news-reporting/broadcasting anime..? cool |
| I'm very confused as to what this is going to be about |
Tokoya said: I'm very confused as to what this is going to be about The story takes place in 2014 and follows Mafuneko, a new hire at the "Tokyo Hajikko Television" company. The manga follows the hard struggles behind the scenes at making television content. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-11-02/kana-mafune-on-air-dekinai-manga-gets-tv-anime-in-january-2022/.179121 |
Slysoft said: Oh, so kinda like Shirobako then, but with general TV network stuff and not just anime production?Tokoya said: I'm very confused as to what this is going to be about The story takes place in 2014 and follows Mafuneko, a new hire at the "Tokyo Hajikko Television" company. The manga follows the hard struggles behind the scenes at making television content. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-11-02/kana-mafune-on-air-dekinai-manga-gets-tv-anime-in-january-2022/.179121 |
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Slysoft said: I see....Thanks for the explanation! I may check it out then....Kinda reminds me of that one anime from last year about radio in JapanTokoya said: I'm very confused as to what this is going to be about The story takes place in 2014 and follows Mafuneko, a new hire at the "Tokyo Hajikko Television" company. The manga follows the hard struggles behind the scenes at making television content. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-11-02/kana-mafune-on-air-dekinai-manga-gets-tv-anime-in-january-2022/.179121 |
Fario-P said: Slysoft said: Oh, so kinda like Shirobako then, but with general TV network stuff and not just anime production?The story takes place in 2014 and follows Mafuneko, a new hire at the "Tokyo Hajikko Television" company. The manga follows the hard struggles behind the scenes at making television content. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-11-02/kana-mafune-on-air-dekinai-manga-gets-tv-anime-in-january-2022/.179121 Maybe, except Shirobako was a fictional story whereas this is supposed to be based on real events. Most likely it will be a bit less optimistic than Shirobako since real life usually sucks. |
| Hmm, Shirobako but with commentary? |
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| >Jun Aoki Ok, I'm in. Dude is making more stuff it seems |
| I dun think I'll be watching this. |
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| On the fence. Sounds like it could be interesting, but the art is weak. I'll wait for a PV. |
| Well I for one already loved Lain. |
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| I read "essay manga" and I thought it was a manga about writing essays. There are so many school animes. At least one should be about the arduous task of essay writing. |
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