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“Cheating Craft” Anime In The Works, On Track For 10/2016 Debut


Before we begin, this is strictly about academic cheating! Academic!

Earlier today, Emon Animation Company announced that they’re working on a new series, titled Cheating Craft. The series, which is being produced by their Haoliners label, will premiere on Tokyo MX on October 5. The show will be a short-form program that shares the 18:30 (6:30PM) block with another Haoliners series, titled To Be Hero.

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Cheating Craft is set in a world where academic achievement determines one’s personal worth. The populous are sorted from childhood by exams, and only those who excel can find happiness. Anyone who doesn’t excel at their studies is forced into a life of misery. Naturally, people have formed into opposing factions. The L (Learning) types prioritize study, while the C (Cheating) types choose to pass by other means. The two sides will clash, their sides engaging in battle to and banding together to pass tests. The two leads, Mumei of the C Types and Kōi of the L Types, will inevitably square off as they both try to pass their exams.

Keitaro Motonaga (Digimon Adventure tri., Date A Live) is directing the series at studio BLADE, with the team of Mai Matsuura (Pretty Rhythm Rainbow Live) and Norie Tanaka (Hundred) providing character designs. Takamitsu Kouno (Utawarerumono: The False Faces, Absolute Duo) is in charge of script supervision.

Idol group Kamen Joshi will perform opening theme song Kasoku Suru Trial. Aina Kusuda will provide the closing theme, Welcome Future.

Other confirmed crew members include:

  • Chief Animation Director: Mai Matsuura
  • Chief Animation Director: Norie Tanaka
  • Chief Animation Director: Ryousuke Tanigawa
  • Main Animator: Yutaka Kamogawa
  • Design Works: Kenichi Ohnuki
  • Design Works: Hisashi Saito
  • Prop Design: Goichi Iwahata
  • Art Director: Kei Ichikura
  • Art Setting: Kazushi Fujii
  • Color Design: Aiko Shinohara
  • Director of Photography: Hideki Imaizumi
  • Editing: Yoshiaki Kimura
  • Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina
  • Music: Go Sakabe

The confirmed voice cast includes:

  • Mumei Syokatsu: Tomohiro Yamaguchi
  • Koui Ou: Rie Kugimiya
  • Rin-u Syū: Daisuke Namikawa
  • Haku Ryū: Reina Ueda
  • Anri: Yōko Hikasa
  • JUN: Junya Ikeda
  • Ms. Ou: Kotono Mitsuishi

Character designs for the major cast members were also unveiled, which you can check out below:

Source: Ota-suke

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Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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