'Kageki Shoujo!!' Reveals Lead Cast, First Promo, July 2021 Airing

by Kingsman117
Apr 16, 2021 9:16 AM | 9 Comments

The official website of the television anime adapting Kumiko Saiki's Kageki Shoujo! (Kageki Shoujo!! The Curtain Rises) manga series revealed the lead cast, first key visual (pictured), first promotional video, and the opening theme performers on Friday. The anime series is set to premiere in July 2021.

Cast
Ai Narata: Yumiri Hanamori (Heya Camp△)
Sarasa Watanabe: Sayaka Senbongi (Beastars)
Kaoru Hoshino: You Taichi (Fruits Basket: The Final)
Sei Satomi: Hiroki Nanami (Nobunaga the Fool)
Chiaki Sawada: Satsumi Matsuda (Cinderella Girls Gekijou: Climax Season)
Chika Sawada: Risae Matsuda (Kanata no Astra)
Sawa Sugimoto: Sumire Uesaka (Carole & Tuesday)
Ayako Yamada: Rico Sasaki (Jashin-chan Dropkick)

Rock band trio Saji (Ahiru no Sora ending theme performance) is performing the opening "Hoshi no Orchestra."

Kazuhiro Yoneda (Gleipnir) is helming the anime at Pine Jam. Screenwriter Tadashi Morishita (Akatsuki no Yona script) is in charge of the series composition. Takahiro Kishida (Haikyuu!!) is designing the characters, and Tsuneyoshi Saitou (Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor) is composing the music.

The original ensemble drama manga launched in Jump X in May 2012 and ended in October 2014 due to the magazine ceasing serialization. Shueisha compiled the original manga into two volumes, with Hakusensha re-releasing it in a single volume titled Kageki Shoujo!! Season Zero in March 2019. Saiki began drawing a sequel manga in bi-monthly magazine Melody in February 2015, which has ten volumes in print as of November 5.

Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga in English in April 2020 and shipped the first volume on November 24 that year.

PV

Source: animate Times

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FullyCharged said:

RobertBobert said:

This is not a show about romance at all. But even if you raise this topic, it is not yuri or yuri bait. If my memory serves me, MC even has a male love interest. Overall, I would say that this is a female version of a shonen all-male show like Haikyuu.

Oh I really hope.
The art screams "yuri bait" and when there's bait there's romance, and considering Pine Jam makes this anime and they're trash at making romance anime (just because *cough cough*)...ugh.

The reason is that this anime is based on Takarazuka, a Japanese all-female theater that has had a huge impact on Japanese lesbian and trans culture (to the point that in the 20s masculine-feminine lesbian couples were called "Takarazuka couple"). Therefore, regardless of the author's intentions, it will always give queer vibes.

Apr 18, 2021 10:47 AM by RobertBobert

Apr 18, 2021 10:05 AM by FullyCharged

Swagernator said:
Is this one of those "bait" shows ? We certainly don't have enough of these.

Hoppy said:
Sarasa is a giant, anyway hopefully there's at least a little yuri in this, even the key art there alludes to yuri.

NG_Chloe said:

Swagernator said:
Is this one of those "bait" shows ? We certainly don't have enough of these.

It can be if you want it to be

Some people take it and ship

Some people don't and see a strong friendship

This is not a show about romance at all. But even if you raise this topic, it is not yuri or yuri bait. If my memory serves me, MC even has a male love interest. Overall, I would say that this is a female version of a shonen all-male show like Haikyuu.

Apr 17, 2021 11:00 AM by RobertBobert

The PV was so cute. It have Strong Yuri vibes. The little lesbians are in love,,,YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES

Looking forward for this sweet Yuri candy!

Apr 16, 2021 6:36 PM by Yuri-Crusader

The manga is cute. Nothing amazing, but there’s some interesting stuff in there and the cast is charming. Really happy to see Yumiri get even more roles as of late; she has a great range and I’m glad she’ll get to show off her more serious voice with Ai.

Apr 16, 2021 4:49 PM by nthcolor

Swagernator said:
Is this one of those "bait" shows ? We certainly don't have enough of these.

It can be if you want it to be

Some people take it and ship

Some people don't and see a strong friendship

Apr 16, 2021 3:53 PM by NG_Chloe

It's funny that they got actual twins to voice twins.

Apr 16, 2021 3:21 PM by Nachtwandler_21

Sarasa is a giant, anyway hopefully there's at least a little yuri in this, even the key art there alludes to yuri.

Apr 16, 2021 2:36 PM by Hoppy

Is this one of those "bait" shows ? We certainly don't have enough of these.

Apr 16, 2021 9:34 AM by Swagernator