Crunchyroll showed a new trailer for MAPPA’s original anime ZENSHU at New York Comic Con. The video also revealed the anime series will start airing from January 2025. Crunchyroll will be streaming the anime from the same day as it starts airing in Japan.
The trailer also introduced more cast members:
- Romi Park as Justice
- Manaka Iwami as Destiny Heartwarming
- Kentarō Tone as Chingosman
- Masashi Yamane as Ganger
- Katsuhisa Hōki as Capitan
- Sayaka Ōhara as Admiral
The anime’s main characters are:
- Anna Nagase as Natsuko Hirose
- Kazuki Ura as Luke Braveheart
- Rie Kugimiya as Unio
- Minori Suzuki as Memmeln
- Akio Suyama as QJ
Mitsue Yamasaki (known for Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle) is directing the anime, while Kimiko Ueno (who worked on Carole & Tuesday) is writing the script. The animation team includes Sumie Noro as assistant director, Yoshiteru Tsujino for character and world design and Kayoko Ishikawa as the chief animation director. The music is by Yukari Hashimoto (who worked on Komi Can’t Communicate).
Synopsis:
Official plot as provided by MAPPA:
After graduating from high school, Natsuko Hirose starts her career as an animator. Her talent quickly flourishes, and she makes her debut as a director in no time. Her first anime becomes a massive hit, sparking a social phenomenon and earning her recognition as an up-and-coming genius director. Her next project is set to be a romantic comedy movie themed around first love! However, having never been in love herself, Natsuko struggles to understand the concept of first love, and as a result, she’s unable to create the storyboard, causing the movie production to come to a standstill.
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