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Wakaba Girl Gets Premiere Date & Key Visual


Yesterday, the official Ultra Super Anime Time website updated with its début date, as well as a new key visual for short-form anime seriesWakaba Girl.

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The block will air on both TOKYO MX and BS11, with specific première dates as follows:

  • TOKYO MX: 7/3/2015, 23:00
  • BS11: 7/5/2015, 25:00

Wakaba Girl is an adaptation of Yui Hara’s four-panel manga of the same name. The series will be directed by Seiji Watanabe, and animated by Nexus (Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry). Jukki Hanada (Chobits, ) will handle the show’s scripts, while Kana Ishida (Aquarion Evol, The irregular at magic high school) will provide character designs.

The Wakaba Girl anime series was first announced in March. It joins Miss Monochrome season 2 and Wooser no Sono Higurashi Mugen-hen in the Ultra Super Anime Time block.

Another of Hara’s manga titles, Kinmoza! Kiniro + Mosaic received an animated adaptation in 2013, the second season of which began airing this season.

Source: Otakomu

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