| It was announced this past January that a TV anime adaptation will be released for Summer 2014 based on the "undead" idol character "Francesca" to promote Hokkaido, Japan. More information will be announced later. Cast Francesca: Yui Makino Exorcist: Asami Tano First PV Francesca's character song Character song club mix with introduction of Hokkaido Source: Official site (includes links to News Blog, Facebook, Google+, and Twitter with updates), Yui Makino official site, Yui Makino blog, Seventh Style Update March 26 According to ANN, it was confirmed from a flyer during AnimeJapan that the title will be Francesca: Girls be Ambitious. Edit (June 23, 2014): "Girls be Ambitious" is not part of the title, but rather a catch phrase to Francesca (the character). Source: Flyer via ANN Update April 18 It has been announced that the series will be 15 minutes per episode, with a total of 24 episodes. In addition, the cast is being announced one-by-one every Thursday on Francesca's Facebook page. Additional cast announced thus far: Takuboku Ishikawa: Noriaki Sugiyama Chieko Tachibana: Kanomi Izawa Kazue Souma: Tarusuke Shingaki Toshizou Hijikata: Hiroki Takahashi Noboru Nakajima: Daisuke Nagumo Tetsunisuke Ichimura: Ami Naitou Kai Shimada: Katsuya Miyamoto Dr. Clark: Jin Urayama Source: Facebook page Update April 26 The final cast member was announced two days ago. Inazou Nitobe: Kenji Hamada Source: Facebook page Update June 9 Another cast member was announced. Fran Dog: Tomofumi Ikezoe Source: Facebook page Fran♥cesca on MAL |
tsubasaloverJun 23, 2014 1:46 AM
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| Mixed thoughts on this. Nice to know it is an idol show though. |
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| Animation looks emememememeh imo. Would love to see Hokkaido though. HOKKAIDO <3 |
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| Finally more Makino Yui. She barely has any roles... |
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| An undead idol show? I'll most likely give it a try to see how itl turns out, I'm quite curious. |
| Another new anime, I guess. I'm curious. |
| I love a good idol anime though a zombie idol makes me both curious and cautious. |
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| Yui Makino's website seems to indicate this will air in July. http://www.yuiyuimakino.com/info.html |
| Back to the topic, it doesn't look good. I'll just skip this Mod Edit: Removed quote of a deleted post. |
LunaMar 6, 2014 2:31 AM
| If it's only a 3minutes show then I'll watch, otherwise I'll pass. |
| Honobono Log - best slice of life short -------------------------------------------- most kawaii loli overlord ---------------------------- Donquixote Doflamingo AMV - Control |
| The animation looks like it was made on Flash, and the sound reminds me of Mars of Destruction. Seems like the premise is just a gimmick though, and won't actually bring anything new, interesting, or worthwhile to the table. Definitely passing on this. |
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Red_Keys said: The animation looks like it was made on Flash, and the sound reminds me of Mars of Destruction. Seems like the premise is just a gimmick though, and won't actually bring anything new, interesting, or worthwhile to the table. Definitely passing on this. Most of these shows just add tropes for gimmick's sake in an attempt to disguise how generic they are. I assume this will be the case here as well, passing on it. |
| Steel Ball Run anime when? |
| Zombie? Idol? Makino Yui?? Misakiiii!!!!!!!! Yusa-san!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll definitely watch this xD |
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| think I will pass i'm not really into idol right now. |
| Zombie idol? Only in Japan. |
| Charadesign is really cute, but I don't know if it will make a good TV series... |
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| Undead idol. Francesca. Promote Hokkaido. WHAT?! |
| lolwut, Zombie Idol? Hmm.. Might watch. |
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| Gonna Probably ignore this show when it airs. Another show hiding in a shadow with the same generic theme all over again. Man, I just wish they could really do some shows that's more on quality these days. Now, I understand were some people are coming from saying "recent anime shows are crap and whatever" |
| That PV looks so bad lol. I doubt I'll pick this up to be honest. |
| News Update According to ANN, it was confirmed from a flyer during AnimeJapan that the title will be Francesca: Girls be Ambitious. Source: Flyer via ANN |
NaruleachApr 17, 2014 10:07 PM
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tsubasalover said: News Update According to ANN, it was confirmed from a flyer during AnimeJapan that the title will be Francesca: Girls be Ambitious. Source: Flyer via ANN LOL at Franny falling apart out of joy. This will most likely be 5 minutes long. |
NaruleachApr 17, 2014 10:08 PM
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| Almost "so bad it's good" animation quality. Might watch if those are shorts because feMC looks nice. |
| News Update It has been announced that the series will be 15 minutes per episode, with a total of 24 episodes. In addition, the cast is being announced one-by-one every Thursday on Francesca's Facebook page. Additional cast announced thus far: Takuboku Ishikawa: Noriaki Sugiyama Chieko Tachibana: Kanomi Izawa Kazue Souma: Tarusuke Shingaki Toshizou Hijikata: Hiroki Takahashi Noboru Nakajima: Daisuke Nagumo Tetsunisuke Ichimura: Ami Naitou Kai Shimada: Katsuya Miyamoto Dr. Clark: Jin Urayama News Update 2 The final cast member was announced two days ago. Inazou Nitobe: Kenji Hamada Source: Facebook page |
tsubasaloverApr 26, 2014 1:45 AM
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| 2nd PV w. ED "Sasayaki wa Crescendo (囁きは”Crescendo”)" by Francesca (CV: Yui Makino) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47LqmGnT_38 |
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| These adaptations tend to end up as a failure. I am still waiting for that one to break the chain. |
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