A new anime project based on light novels was announced this Thursday, the 12th. The light novel anime promises adaptations of original stories written by renowned authors of the genre, with character designs created by popular illustrators
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The project will feature four works initially released as vertical anime for smartphones , with later broadcast on TV. Watch the trailer:
Digital Launch and TV Broadcast
The team will release the first two titles, “Shōshin Time Leap” and “Femme Fatale Ikusei Keikaku” , in daily installments over 10 days in YouTube Shorts . The Animazing!! on ABC TV, TV Asahi, and affiliates will air the remastered versions for horizontal screens starting July 12th.
Works from the Light Novel Anime Project
1. Shōshin Time Leap (Heartbreak Time Leap)
- Original Author: nigozyu ( The Detective Is Already Dead );
- Character Design: tanu ( Tari Tari );
- Directed by: Tomoyasu Murata;
- Cast: Tomoyo Takayanagi, Shōgo Sakata, Miyari Nemoto;
Synopsis
During her last Christmas in high school, Miri confesses her feelings to her classmate Takashi , but he rejects her. In her despair, she clings to a diary from the past. The diary envelops her in light, and Miri finds herself transported six months into the past . She uses this chance and repeated time jumps to try to change her future and discover the reason why Takashi rejected her confession.
2. Femme Fatale Ikusei Keikaku (Femme Fatale Raising Project)
- Original Author: Natsu Hyūga ( The Apothecary Diaries )
- Character Design: Kamoku Okeno;
- Cast: Daiki Yamashita, Yūya Hirose, Satsumi Matsuda.
Synopsis
Hiroki is a very popular and overweight high school student. After his beautiful cousin Tsukino is dumped by her ex-boyfriend, Hiroki decides: "I'll become a beautiful woman and make him fall in love with me, and then break up with him!" He recruits friends and allies to help him diet and transform into a femme fatale to avenge his cousin.
3. Jack the Reaper
- Original Author: Tappei Nagatsuki ( Re:ZERO );
- Character Design: Minori Chigusa;
- Cast: Kaito Ishikawa, Kaede Hondo.
Synopsis
A man wakes up one day in an interrogation , with no memory of who he is or why he's there. A young detective . She eventually gets angry about the interrogation and storms out, but an intruder enters and stabs the man to death. The next moment, he's "back" in the interrogation room.
4. Marie Antoinette ni Tensei Shita node, Zenryoku de Guillotine wo Kaihi Shimasu (Reborn as Marie Antoinette, I'll Give it My All to Avoid the Guillotine)
- Original Author: Shōko Amano
- Character Design: Takuya Fujima
- Cast: Fairouz Ai, Toshiki Masuda
Synopsis
A modern-day female otaku Marie Antoinette . She refuses to let her impending execution take place, so she uses her otaku
know-how and passion to win over the masses – transforming Louis XVI and his brothers into a group of idols.
Production and Premiere
Studio Ziine produces all the works, with Misaki Umase composing the soundtrack and Takeshi Hagiwara supervising the literary content. Fans can follow the digital releases and the upcoming television broadcast.
Source: Official website of the Light Novel Anime project.