Chinese-Japanese Animation 'Cheating Craft' Announced for Fall 2016

The official website for Haoliner Animation League's Cheating Craft has been launched, and announced that it will begin its broadcast on October 5, via Tokyo MX at 6:30 p.m. for total of 12 episodes. The episodes will have a run-time of ten minutes.

Synopsis
In the world where education is everything, if you manage to pass exams with your academic ability, you will start your successful life. Those who fail the exam will start cruel life. The world is capable of only developing the gifted from a young age with exams, and there are some people who cannot accept the destiny if they unable to pass the exam, and would do anything to pass it. This includes cheating and interfering with the exam. The examination hall has become a battlefield because people cannot do exams anymore.

L (learning) type and C (Cheating) type students prevent each other from interfering with the exam, so that they can aim for high scores. In order to prevent the L-types from getting the high scores, C-type students would battle against them. This battle also involves the examiners who do not allow cheating, making the examination hall became more chaotic!

The heated battle between Mumei, who is an C-type student, and Koui, who is an L-type student, begins! Can Koui outsmart Mumei and her tricks?

Cast
Mumei Shokatsu: Tomohiro Yamaguchi (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu)
Koui Ou: Rie Kugimiya (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
Rinu Shu: Daisuke Namikawa (Prison School)
Haku Ryu: Reina Ueda (Jitsu wa Watashi wa)
JUN: Junya Ikeda (Digimon Adventure tri. 1: Saikai)
Anri: Yoko Hikasa (Danganronpa 3: The End of Kibougamine Gakuen - Mirai-hen)
Ms. Ou: Kotono Mitsuishi (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon)

Staff
Director: Keitarou Motonaga (Date A Live)
Series Composition: Takamitsu Kouno (Absolute Duo)
Character Design: Mai Matsuura (Arcana Famiglia), Kie Tanaka (Hundred)
Design Works: Kenichi Oonuki (Gundam Build Fighters), Hisashi Saitou (Date A Live)
Prop Design: Gouichi Iwahata (Digimon Adventure tri. 1: Saikai)
General Illustration Director: Mai Matsuura, Kie Tanaka, Ryousuke Ootani
Key Animation: Yutaka Kamogawa
Art Setting: Kazushi Fujii, Hiroki Shinagawa (Owari no Seraph: Nagoya Kessen-hen), Tomoyuki Aoki (Accel World)
Art Director: Kei Ichikura (Tokyo Ravens)
Color Setting: Aiko Shinohara (Madan no Ou to Vanadis)
Director of Photography: Hideki Imaizumi (Sousei no Onmyouji)
Editing: Yoshiaki Kimura (Shinmai Maou no Testament)
Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina (Jormungand)
Music: Go Sakabe (Seiken Tsukai no World Break)
Studio: BLADE

Opening theme song: "Kasoku suru Trial (加速するトライアル)" by Kamen Joshi (仮面女子)
Ending theme song: "Welcome Future (ウェルカム・フューチャー)" by Aina Kusuda

Official site: http://cheating-craft.com/
Official Twitter: @cheatingcraft

Cheating Craft is adapted from Chinese light novel titled Zuobi Yishu by Gemini Xin Luo, which also received manhua adaptation.

Source: Ota☆Suke

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