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!, IDOLM@STER)
- 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
Earlier in the year, Sanrio released a key visual and several character designs, which we’ve posted below.
Source: Crunchyroll, Anime News Network
