P.A. Works Original Anime 'Sakura Quest' to Air in Spring 2017

by Vindstot
Dec 6, 2016 9:29 PM | 66 Comments

An official website has been launched by P.A. Works to announce that an original anime titled Sakura Quest will air in April 2017. The staff, cast members and a key visual (pictured) have also been revealed. More information regarding the anime will be announced at a press conference with the cast members on December 14, 2016, which will also be streamed via Niconico.

Synopsis
In the wake of a nationwide movement during the Bubble economy period, a small town in the countryside has revived its "mini-nation" tourism program; hiring five girls as travel ambassadors. The series will follow a year's time of the five girls as they work in the tourism agency of a small failing town in an effort to reinvigorate it.

Staff
Original Work: Alexandre S. D. Celibidache
Director: Souichi Masui (Scrapped Princess)
Series Composition: Masahiro Yokotani (Hataraku Maou-sama!)
Original Character Design: BUNBUN (Shuumatsu no Izetta)
Character Design: Kanami Sekiguchi (Shirobako)
Studio: P.A. Works

Cast
Yoshino Koharu: Ayaka Nanase (Servamp)
Shiori Shinomiya: Reina Ueda (Dimension W)
Maki Midorikawa: Chika Anzai (Hibike! Euphonium)
Ririko Oribe: Chiemi Tanaka (Sansha Sanyou)
Sanae Kouzuki: Mikako Komatsu (Hai to Gensou no Grimgar)

Official site: http://sakura-quest.com/
Official Twitter: @sakuraquest_PR

Source: Moca News

Sakura Quest on MAL

New Anime Spring 2017

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I was sold at "P.A. Works Original Anime".

Dec 25, 2016 3:34 AM by Yang_Wenli

Hi @Vindstot!

You could this to the OP add...

Edit: Wow! I'll of course this watch, it looks really interesting and funny out - and especially because the charas from BUNBUN are: Man, BUNBUN getting more famouser - YuYuYu, Izetta and now this (btw, the MC looks like Izetta out)^_^!

Dec 14, 2016 8:52 AM by Tenryuu1

PV

featuring OP Song "Morning Glory"
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Dec 14, 2016 7:03 AM by edge13

After announcing Uchoten Kazoku S2, another new series from PA Works. Please be good so the critics will shut their mouth up. I know PA Works' series are hit or miss, but what else would you find bad about that? It's original after all. It's unlike any light novel, manga, etc adaptations out there that even though they have a good story, the outcome is still shit.

P.S. Shirobako S2 next please

Dec 11, 2016 12:52 PM by SkyWing0

hoopla123 said:

SymphoniacTippy said:

I kinda thought differently for the other two that are shit. Charlotte is pretty average... Uh HaruChika, I dunno. I don't think its that bad after the first few episodes but I think its the 2nd worst P.A Works show, not gonna lie on that...

But I don't get what ya mean because you pretty much pointed shit twice, unless you mean year wise.

If you see the pattern once a good anime comes out, the next one is shit in the recent years.

Been thinking about this since Glasslip since it fucking shocked me how they could make something like Nagiasu and downgrade like hell to Glasslip.

These shows are shit according to MAL only. In here, these show are quite underrated. The reason is that the studio mostly focus on slice of life which is not really appreciated in the West. Beside that, the studio almost exclusively cater to Japanese audience by promoting rural Japan tourism and by subtly include Japanese social issues like the students decline or the hardship of working in a Japanese company. Also, notice how Haruchika was badly received here on MAL for the reason that Western audience couldn't apprehend what the show was truly about. I mean that Haruchika only deal about social issue only known for a Japanese person's perspective. Another example is Tari Tari. This anime is extremely well received in Japan while here on MAL, most people consider it "shit". And that's for the same reason as Haruchika.

So if someone say that the next P.A. Works show will be shit, then I honestly don't care, because I like whatever they are making and I appreciate that they don't always consider to please the Western audience.

Edit: Also, I'm pretty sure that the reason why MAL talks about this cycle is because they are certain to receive another anime similar to Glasslip soon. I remember reading the threads about Charlotte and how people assumed how it will turn out to be the next Glasslip while these two absolutely have nothing in common.

Dec 10, 2016 8:04 AM by KryzakamiHrybami

P.A. never disappoints me with their art.

Dec 9, 2016 8:26 PM by ezaya

hoopla123 said:

SymphoniacTippy said:

It's moreso the staff but I guess that's kind of also a thing taken into consideration in a sense, but I see your point though.

Dec 9, 2016 8:14 PM by removed-user

Shirobako was just a soapbox to farm sympathy for anti-worker practices in the anime industry, so I have zero hopes for this.

Dec 9, 2016 7:32 PM by Red_Tuesday

SymphoniacTippy said:

hoopla123 said:

Pretty much.

NagiAsu -> Glasslip (shit) -> Shirobako -> Charlotte (shit)-> HaruChika (shit) -> Kuromukuro -> This one.

Dec 9, 2016 7:23 PM by hoopla123

hoopla123 said:

SymphoniacTippy said:

So if Kuromukuro was good (at least for me) then this would be shit?

I'm kinda scratching from what I got here.

Pretty much.

NagiAsu -> Glasslip (shit) -> Shirobako -> Charlotte (shit)-> HaruChika (shit) -> Kuromukuro -> This one.

Dec 9, 2016 7:01 PM by removed-user

SymphoniacTippy said:

hoopla123 said:

They've had a pattern of making one good then one shit series for a few years now.

In my opinion anyways.

So if Kuromukuro was good (at least for me) then this would be shit?

I'm kinda scratching from what I got here.

Pretty much.

NagiAsu -> Glasslip (shit) -> Shirobako -> Charlotte (shit)-> HaruChika (shit) -> Kuromukuro -> This one.

Dec 9, 2016 4:23 PM by hoopla123

hoopla123 said:

Hrybami said:

This is according to MAL only.

They've had a pattern of making one good then one shit series for a few years now.

In my opinion anyways.

So if Kuromukuro was good (at least for me) then this would be shit?

I'm kinda scratching from what I got here.

Dec 9, 2016 2:29 PM by removed-user

Looks good, another promising anime to the Spring line up.

Dec 8, 2016 10:05 PM by Nexu

Hrybami said:

hoopla123 said:
According to the PA Works life cycle, this anime should be a total dumpster shit one.

This is according to MAL only.

They've had a pattern of making one good then one shit series for a few years now.

In my opinion anyways.

Dec 8, 2016 9:10 PM by hoopla123

hoopla123 said:
According to the PA Works life cycle, this anime should be a total dumpster shit one.

This is according to MAL only.

Dec 8, 2016 7:04 PM by KryzakamiHrybami

According to the PA Works life cycle, this anime should be a total dumpster shit one.

Hopefully PA Works can break out of the pattern.

Dec 8, 2016 4:30 PM by hoopla123

sounds damn good, will check out

Dec 7, 2016 2:14 PM by stronyy

Sounds good. I'll keep an eye out for future news.

Dec 7, 2016 1:14 PM by _Kairu_

Kuma said:

D-Joe said:

How about you look at PA Wokrs previous series? you seriously think they don't know about that? i'm not talk about it's good or bad, but it just you don't get it.

ehh.. i don't have any grudge agints PA works thou... i like hanasaku iroha and ecentric family... i simply focused in word "original"...

It's original show because there is no source material, that's it.

Dec 7, 2016 9:18 AM by D-Joe

Fai said:
Hopefully this is as good as Shirobako. The designs certainly drive up that comparison.

This.

Also I like the seiyuus picked. A mix of new faces and recently popular ones. How far has Anzai Chika come as a voice actress! She was voicing as Taichi's girlfriend and Arata's neighbour until just recently and now she has characters like Chaika, Merry and Reina under her roles. She is even selected for Hanabi. :)

Looking forward to her role the most!

Dec 7, 2016 9:01 AM by shanimebib

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