Sanrio's Show By Rock!! Gets PV, April 5 Premiere Date

Remember Show By Rock!!, Sanrio’s upcoming anime series based on a smart phone game? No?

Well, maybe now is a good time to take a look. It’s Sanrio’s first late-night show, and the company’s pulling out all of the stops for its big opening.

Earlier today, the Show By Rock!! website unveiled the show’s first animated promo video:

Text translation: A lone girl wandered into another world. Now, fates will collide.

In addition, the site now contains the full cast and crew list, a première date, and a list of stations that will carry the show.

The series will début on the following networks:

Tokyo MX, 4/5/2015 at 22:00~; Repeats on 4/8 at 18:30~
Yomiuri TV, 4/6/2015 at 26:59~
BS 11, 4/6/2015 at 27:00~

The cast and crew breakdown is as follows:

Cast

Cyan: Eri Inagawa (Pac-World)
Chuchu: Sumire Uesaka (Love, Chunibyo, & Other Delusions, KanColle)
Moa: Ayane Sakura (Love Live!, Psycho-Pass)
Retoree: Manami Numakura (Aikatsu!, [email protected])
Crow: Kisho Taniyama (Attack on Titan, A Certain Magical Index)
Yaiba: Tetsuya Kakihara (Pandora Hearts, High School of the Dead)
Rom: Yoshimasa Hosoya (Akame ga KILL!, Kids on the Slope)
Daru Dayu: Megumi Han (Happiness Charge PreCure!, Yowamushi Pedal)
A: Eriko Matsui (Akame ga KILL!, Log Horizon)
Un: Saori Hayami (Bakuman, Monogatari Series Second Season)
Shū☆zō: Mamoru Miyano (Tokyo Ghoul, K)
Kai: Ryota Ohsaka (Knights of Sidonia, Log Horizon)
Riku: Ayumu Murase (Haikyu!!, Nobunagun)
Logia: Rina Hidaka (Accel World, Tiger & Bunny)
Tsukino: Ai Kayano (Chihayafuru, Shirobako)
Jacqueline: Rie Murakawa (Inou Battle Within Everyday Life, Trinity Seven)
Holmy: Hiromi Igarashi (Karneval, Rail Wars!)

Crew

Director: Takahiro Ikezoe (Ozma, Chaika – The Coffin Princess episode 11)
Animation Production: BONES (Darker than Black, Fullmetal Alchemist)
Series Composition: Touko Machida (Chaika – The Coffin Princess, Ramen Fighter Miki)
Character Design: Masaru Oshiro (Major, Ie Naki Ko Remi)
Supporting Character Designer: Ryō Hirata (Appleseed XIII, Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror)
Concept & Mechanical Designs: Fumihiro Katagai (Chaika – The Coffin Princess, Space Dandy Episode 7)
Head Animator: Tomokatsu Nagasaku
CG Director: Ryou Sasaki
Art Director: Hatsumi Kumano
Art Design: Naomi Ogura
Color Design: Fusako Nakao
Photography Director: Tsuyoshi Kanbayashi
CG Production: Studio Goonies
Editor: Kumiko Sakamoto
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Sound Effects: Shizuo Kurahashi
Music: Yasuharu Takanashi & Rega Sound
Music Production: Pony Canyon