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Crunchyroll Details “Magical Girl Raising Project” Simulcast Plans

Written By Samantha Ferreira

Magical Girl Raising Project Visual 001 - 20160721Raising a magical girl is a big responsibility. There’s so much that can go wrong!

Earlier today, Crunchyroll unveiled their simulcast plans for Magical Girl Raising Project. The series will début on Crunchyroll on October 1, at 9:15AM Pacific (12:15PM Eastern)

Magical Girl Raising Project will be available to subscribers in all regions outside of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, North Korea, and South Korea.

Magical Girl Raising Project is based on Asari Endō’s light novels of the same name. Yukiko Aikei (Your Lie In April, Accel World) will serve as character designer on the project, joining director Hiroyuki Hashimoto (Is the order a rabbit?) at Lerche. Takao Yoshioka (Elfen Lied, Your Lie In April) will take charge of series composition and write the scripts.

Manami Numakura will perform opening theme song Sakebe (Shout). The series is slated to première on Japanese on AT-X at on October 1, at 24:00 (10/2/2016 at midnight). Tokyo MX and BS-11 will also air the show, as will streaming service GyaO!

The confirmed voice cast includes:

  • Snow White: Nao Tōyama
  • Ripple: Manami Numakura
  • Tama: Asuka Nishi
  • La Pucelle: Ayane Sakura
  • Swim Swim: Inori Minase
  • Calamity Mary: Kikuko Inoue
  • Fav: Kurumi Mamiya
  • Cranberry: Megumi Ogata
  • Hard Gore Alice: Rina Hidaka
  • Minaelle: Natsumi Matsuda
  • Yunaelle: Risae Matsuda
  • Sister Nana: Saori Hayami
  • Magicaloid 44: Satomi Arai
  • Ruler: Yōko Hikasa
  • Weiss Winterprison: Yu Kobayashi
  • Top Speed: Yumi Uchiyama
  • Nemurin: Yumiri Hanamori

Four promotional videos and several character visuals were released to promote the series. You can can check out below.

Promo Videos

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4l3gzl_mahou-shoujo-ikusei-keikaku-tv-anime-pv_tv

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4q6hrj_magical-girl-raising-project-cast-pv-2_tv

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4r9dkb_magical-girl-raising-project-cast-pv-3_tv

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4t9k8p_magical-girl-raising-project-pv_tv

Character Visuals

Source: Crunchyroll

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Samantha Ferreira

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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