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Earlier today, a live event to celebrate the fourth anniversary for The [email protected] SideM was streamed on NicoNico. During the show, it was announced that the [email protected] SideM Wake Atte Mini! manga will receive an anime TV series. An official website was opened for the project, as well as details on the show’s crew and theme songs, a key visual, and a trailer.
We break the details down below.
Trailer
The minute-long promo features a narrator explaining the show’s main concept, as the video cycles through a series of character visuals.
Visual
A horizontal and vertical version of the key visual were revealed. Both feature a smattering of chibi-styled character visuals, posing against a white, star-spangled background.
Horizontal
Vertical
Staff
Mankyū ([email protected], Fist of the North Star: Strawberry Flavor) will pull double duty as director and series composition for The [email protected] SideM Wake Atte Mini! at Zero-G. Sao Tamado (Mobile Suit Gundam-san, [email protected]) will provide character designs for the project.
Other confirmed crew members include:
- Chief Animation Director: Kazuhiko Yokota
- Director of Photography: Kosuke Tanaka
- Art Setting: Hiroyuki Ochi
- Art Director: Yuuya Kusumoto
- Editor: Shun Tokuda
- Color Design: Haruko Nobori
- Music: EFFY
- Music Production: Lantis
- Music Director: Takatoshi Hamano
- Original Character Design: Sumeragi
Cast
Fifty cast members were confirmed for the project, all of whom will reprise their roles from the original smartphone game:
- Kaito Ishikawa as Producer
- Teru Tendō: Shugo Nakamura (DRAMATIC STARS)
- Tsubasa Kashiwagi: Taku Yashiro (DRAMATIC STARS)
- Kaoru Sakuraba: Yūma Uchida (DRAMATIC STARS)
- Tōma Amagase: Takuma Terashima (Jupiter)
- Shōta Mitarai: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Jupiter)
- Hokuto Ijūin: Daichi Kanbara (Jupiter)
- Rei Kagura: Yuusuke Nagano (Altessimo)
- Kei Tsuzuki: Shun’ichi Toki (Altessimo)
- Kyōji Takajō: Yuichiro Umehara (Beit)
- Pierre: Shun Horie (Beit)
- Minori Watanabe: Tomohito Takatsuka (Beit)
- Yūsuke Aoi: Takeru Kikuchi (W)
- Kyōsuke Aoi: Yoshitaka Yamaya (W)
- Hideo Akuno: Kentaro Kumagai (FRAME)
- Ryu Kimura: Kento Hama (FRAME)
- Seiji Shingen: Takuya Masumoto (FRAME)
- Kirio Nekoyanagi: Daiki Yamashita (Aya)
- Shoma Hanamura: Yutaka Balletta (Aya)
- Kuro Kiyosumi: Yuya Nakada (Aya)
- Natsuki Sakaki: Hiroshi Watanabe (High x Joker)
- Shiki Iseya: Sho Nogami (High×Joker)
- Hayato Akiyama: Shōya Chiba (High×Joker)
- Jun Fuyumi: Takuma Nagatsuka (High×Joker)
- Haruna Wakazato: Yusuke Shirai(High×Joker)
- Suzaku Akai: Takeaki Masuyama (Shinsoku Ikkon)
- Genbu Kurono: Toshinari Fukamachi (Shinsoku Ikkon)
- Yukihiro Kamiya: Shou Karino (Cafe Parade)
- Soichiro Shinonome: Kouhei Amasaki (Cafe Parade)
- Asselin BB II: Makoto Furukawa (Cafe Parade)
- Makio Uzuki: Takuya Kodama (Cafe Parade)
- Saki Mizushima: Daiki Kobayashi (Cafe Parade)
- Nao Okamura: Shougo Yano (Mofumofuen)
- Shiro Tachibana: Keisuke Furuhata (Mofumofuen)
- Kanon Himeno: Ayumu Murase (Mofumofuen)
- Michio Hazama: Kento Itou (S.E.M)
- Rui Maita: Junya Enoki (S.E.M)
- Jiro Yamashita: Yoshiki Nakajima (S.E.M)
- Takeru Taiga: Junta Terashima (THE Kogadou)
- Ren Kizaki: Shouhei Komatsu (THE Kogadou)
- Michiru Enjoji: Daiki Hamano (THE Kogadou)
- Ryo Akizuki: Yuko Sanpei (F-LAGS)
- Daigo Kabuto: Takehiro Urao (F-LAGS)
- Kazuki Tsukumo: Tatsuya Tokutake (F-LAGS)
- Amehiko Kuzunoha: Jun Kasama (Legenders)
- Sora Kitamura: Fumiyoshi Shioya (Legenders)
- Chris Koron: Wataru Komada (Legenders)
- Ken Yamamura: Kengo Kawanishi
- Takashi Saito: Fumihiko Tashiki
Theme Songs
Three ending themes will be produced for the show. Each will be performed by one of the major idol types: Intelligent, Mental, and Physical. All three songs will get CD singles, which will hit stores on the following dates:
- Physical: 11/14/2018
- Mental: 12/5/2018
- Intelligent: 12/19/2018
Premiere
The [email protected] SideM Wake Atte Mini! will hit Japanese TV on October 9. BS11 and Tokyo MX will both carry the show.
The [email protected] SideM is based on Bandai Namco’s mobile game of the same name. The game, which launched in 2014, has seen more than one million downloads since its release.
Sources: Ota-suke, Comic Natalie
