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Asagao to Kase-san OVA Gets New Teaser Trailer & Visual


Soon, this tale will blossom into a beautiful romance.

Earlier today, the official Asagao to Kase-san (Kase-san and… Morning Glories) anime website updated with a new teaser trailer and visual. We break the details down below:

Trailer

The 100-second promo gives a new look at the upcoming OVA. The main plot beats are delivered through a conversation between lead characters Yui and Tomoka.

Key Visual

The new visual features Yui and Tomoka standing outside of a small shop. Yui is holding a small potted plant.

The Asagao to Kase-san OVA will will receive a limited theatrical release. 20 theaters across Japan will screen the title starting June 9.

Pony Canyon will host a stage event for the show on March 25, at AnimeJapan. Actors Minami Takahashi, Ayane Sakura, and Ibuki Kido will attend the presentation as guests.

A drama CD for the property is also in the works. The CD, which will include an 18-minute program, will ship with the special edition of the manga’s fourth volume on May 20. The CD, fittingly, will play out one of the stories in the book.

Takuya Satō (Steins;Gate, Girls Beyond the Wasteland) will direct the OVA at studio ZEXCS, with Kyuta Sakai providing character designs. rionos will score the show’s soundtrack.

Minami Takahashi and Ayane Sakura will perform opening theme song Asu e no Tobira (Door to Tomorrow).

The confirmed voice cast includes:

  • Yui Yamada: Minami Takahashi
  • Tomoka Kase: Ayane Sakura
  • Mikawa: Ibuki Kido
  • Inoue-senpai: Minako Kotobuki
  • Coach: Yumi Uchiyama
  • Sensei: Masumi Asano
  • ??: Fukushi Ochiai

Hiromi Takashima’s Kase-san and… manga began publication in Shinshokan’s Hirari and Flash Wings magazines. The ongoing series currently spans three collected volumes, with the most recent hitting stores in November 2015. Asagao to Kase-san is the first story in the series.

Seven Seas currently holds the domestic rights to Kase-san and…. They describe the series as:

Yamada may be shy and rather clumsy, but the flower gardens at her school have always brought her happiness. Suddenly, a different sort of beauty catches her eye—the vivacious track star, Kase-san. Although the two girls don’t seem to have much in common, they soon start a romance where each must learn an important lesson in tending their budding relationship. Can the two girls, so different from each other, learn how to make their first love blossom?

Source: Twitter (OkazuYuri)

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