It looks like it’s time to wake up as we get ready for this fall series.
Earlier today, the official Wake Up, Girls! anime website updated with a new teaser trailer. The promo, titled The New Chapter Begins, hypes upcoming series Wake Up, Girls! Shin Shō (Wake Up, Girls! New Chapter). Series opening theme song 7 Senses is used a background track.
Wake Up, Girls! Shin Shō will debut on TV Tokyo on October 9. The full broadcast schedule is as follows:
- TV Tokyo: 10/9/2017 at 26:05 (10/10/2017 at 2:05AM)
- Sendai Broadcast: 10/10/2017 at 26:00 (10/11/2017 at 2:00AM)
- AT-X: 10/11/2017 at 23:30 (10/11/2017 at 11:30PM)
Shin Itagaki will replace Yutaka “Yamakan” Yamamoto as director for Wake Up, Girls! Shin Shō at Millepensee. Miyuki Sugawara will replace Sunao Chikaoka, who is now credited with “Original Character Design.” The scripts and original story are credited to Green Leaves.
The team of Satoru Kousaki and monaca will return to compose the soundtrack at Dive II animation.
The confirmed voice cast includes:
- Ayumi Hayashi: Koko Hayashi
- Otome Morishima: Yūka Morishima
- Itsuka Atsugi: Nanami Atsugi
- Kohei Matsuda: Shintaro Asanuma
- Junko Tange: Noriko Hidaka
- Tooru Shiraki: Mitsuru Miyamoto
- Tasuku Hayasaka: Kenichi Suzumura
Hayashi, Morishima, and Atsugi won their roles in this year’s “Avex x 81 Produce Wake Up, Girls! Audition Dai-3-Kai Anisong Vocal Audition.” The three will make up in-show idol unit “Run Girls, Run!” Moreover, the girls will also band together in a real-life idol unit under the same name. The remaining players previously appeared in the Wake Up, Girls! anime franchise and will reprise their roles for the new title.
Source: Ota-suke
