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Apr 3, 2015 2:54 PM
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Producer Shinichiro Kashiwada announced at the Aniplex USA panel held today at SakuraCon that light novel Gakusen Toshi Asterisk (Academy Battle City Asterisk) will be getting an anime adaptation. The action-fantasy story will premiere in Fall 2015.

Staff
General Director: Manabu Ono (Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei)
Director: Kenji Setou (Saki)
Animation Director, Character Design: Tetsuya Kawakami (Sword Art Online)
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Music: Rasmus Faber
Music Production: Flying DOG

Synopsis
The Academy City on the water, Rikka (otherwise known as Asterisk) is the world's largest stage for the integrated battle entertainment, "Star Wars Festival." Ayato Amagiri arrives at Rikka at the invitation of the Student Council President of the Seidoukan Academy, Claudia. It isn't long before he incurs the wrath of the Petalblaze Witch, Julis, and ends up having to duel her. The greatest academy battle entertainment, begins here! (Source: jCafe24, edited)

Gakusen Toshi Asterisk was first published in September 2012 under Media Factory's MF Bunko J label. Its seventh volume was released on November 21, 2014 and sold 17,118 copies in its two weeks on Oricon's ranking charts. The light novel is written by Yuu Miyazaki, with illustrations by IS: Infinite Stratos' okiura. A manga adaptation by Ningen started serialization in Comic Alive in January 2013.

PV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLciugcAbzA

Source: The-O Network Tweet 1, 2, 3

Gakusen Toshi Asterisk on MAL
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Apr 3, 2015 2:55 PM
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>Director of Mahouka
>A-1

Oboi.
Apr 3, 2015 2:56 PM
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The Show hasn't even started and I'm already rooting for Julis -.-
Apr 3, 2015 2:58 PM
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Liking strong MC, good, ima add it to my list.
Apr 3, 2015 3:00 PM
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>LN adaptation
>A1-Pictures
no thanks ;)
Apr 3, 2015 3:03 PM
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Read the first volume sometime ago and it was pretty bad.
Apr 3, 2015 3:08 PM
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Lol I remember reading the translated manga... cookie-cutter OP main with the prominent harem members, as per usual. I'll still watch it though... sadly.

:S
Apr 3, 2015 3:10 PM
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Yey, another mindless ecchi harem shounen LN that gets an adaptation!

I hope it'll be just as good as the fantastic masterpieces Sword Art Online and Absolute Duo!
Nico- said:
@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite
Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained
Apr 3, 2015 3:13 PM
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Sounds like the same old, same old in terms of LN here, but at least this one is actually by a mildly competent studio for once rather than one using the show as some random filler between other shows (ie: 8-bit).

Meh, I'll watch it.
Apr 3, 2015 3:14 PM

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Guy does something and a girl gets angry! Then they do things together because HAREM and PLOT

Wow, this sounds original.
Apr 3, 2015 3:15 PM

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The LN isn't too bad but A1 and director..
Apr 3, 2015 3:16 PM

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not liking the vibe from the artwork but if ppl will hate on it, then it makes me want to see it even more
Apr 3, 2015 3:20 PM

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Will give it a try,
getting sick of this over used plot idea.
Apr 3, 2015 3:22 PM

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Star Wars Festival? Will there be Stormtroopers and lightsaber duels?

Looks all kinds of generic, no thanks.
Apr 3, 2015 3:23 PM

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A-1 with it's harem anime adaptation strike again, nah I'll pass
Apr 3, 2015 3:26 PM

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The anime looks great. Julis looks so attractive, and action/echii is always is entertaining to watch.

Maerow said:
Again one of those stupid ecchi battle LN ?
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Much better than non-battle non-echii romance or slice of life anime

blexx said:
The LN isn't too bad but A1 and director..


Nanatsu no Taizai was made by A1 and it is one of the top anime in last season
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Apr 3, 2015 3:34 PM

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I see 'Harem' and want to ignore it. Forever.

But then I looked at the cover and realised her breasts are much smaller than her head (or all the writing is obscuring them REALLY well).

Possibility. A1 helps this decision (Shigatsu).

Apr 3, 2015 3:38 PM
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thepath said:
blexx said:
The LN isn't too bad but A1 and director..


Nanatsu no Taizai was made by A1 and it is one of the top anime in last season


Nanatsu no Taizai isn't a light novel.
Apr 3, 2015 3:40 PM

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Imperial_Thunder said:
Star Wars Festival? Will there be Stormtroopers and lightsaber duels?


Might give it a try, but this doesn't seem like something I would like.


Apr 3, 2015 3:49 PM

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It seems interesting i will try it :)
Apr 3, 2015 4:00 PM

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Now where have I seen this plot before...
Tutturu ~
Apr 3, 2015 4:42 PM
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LastChapter said:
thepath said:


Nanatsu no Taizai was made by A1 and it is one of the top anime in last season


Nanatsu no Taizai isn't a light novel.


A-1 also adapted Shinsekai Yori, though that may not be considered a "light" novel.

As for this, not sure if I'll watch it or not. Maybe, but if I do I probably won't have too high expectations for it.
Apr 3, 2015 4:46 PM
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I'll watch it.

Also Academic city? Had to make a double take to see if it wasn't part of Raildex.
Apr 3, 2015 4:56 PM

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LastChapter said:
>A-1

Oboi.
that's a good thing though.
Apr 3, 2015 4:58 PM

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No no no for me, it's the same old LN fare that needs to change, we need more variety in LN adaptations.


Apr 3, 2015 5:00 PM

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i may defend rakudai but not this... this shit is boring, but since it's A-1 i'll watch this

yes the MC is Op but its pretty boring even in the future volume...
Apr 3, 2015 5:03 PM

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thepath said:
The anime looks great. Julis looks so attractive, and action/echii is always is entertaining to watch.

Maerow said:
Again one of those stupid ecchi battle LN ?
.


Much better than non-battle non-echii romance or slice of life anime

blexx said:
The LN isn't too bad but A1 and director..


Nanatsu no Taizai was made by A1 and it is one of the top anime in last season
lol nanatsu no taizai is far from one of the best of last season, and the anime is vastly inferior to the original content.
Apr 3, 2015 5:03 PM

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Masterpiece potential.
Apr 3, 2015 5:07 PM
*hug noises*

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I was planning on reading this at some point but never got around to it. Guess I could give it the Absolute Duo treatment and try watching it first instead then and see if it's worth it
Apr 3, 2015 5:08 PM
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might check it out, tough it depends on the quality of ecchi
Apr 3, 2015 5:08 PM

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I'm usually not keen on these tiresome ecchi harem LNs, however...
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"city on water"
"star wars festival"
Sold. Going to check out an episode or a half in hopes of a Star Wars reference and some water scenery porn. It's as if my anime standards have taken a plummet, assuming I had any prior.
Apr 3, 2015 5:11 PM

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>A-1
>Mahouka director
>Generic ecchi harem LN
FUCKING MASTERPIECE IN THE MAKING.
Apr 3, 2015 5:27 PM

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Yeah this looks like dogshit, ill avoid like the plague

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Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit,

tokiyashiro said:

Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me

Apr 3, 2015 5:27 PM

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Wow another harem/ecchi taking place at a academy.

Original plot and content!

10/10 easily yo
"What has two arms, two legs, and is alive? Not your favorite character lol! xD"
Apr 3, 2015 5:29 PM
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Yeah MC is super OP I heard. I have no interest in watching this.
Apr 3, 2015 5:39 PM

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Oh isn't this like that uh..that ecchi battle harem show...I mean like every other ecchi battle harem show lol. But I bet I'll see you guys in the anime thread this coming Fall. Yeah I'll be there too...ugh why can't I stay away from red flags -__-
"May those who accept their fate be granted happiness."

"May those who defy their fate be granted glory."
Apr 3, 2015 5:56 PM

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ill watch cause i have nothing netter to do with my life...
Apr 3, 2015 5:58 PM

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Sliced bread has nothing on this shit.

thepath said:
The anime looks great. Julis looks so attractive, and action/echii is always is entertaining to watch.

There's no PV or anything to judge how it looks ;_;
thepath said:

Much better than non-battle non-echii romance or slice of life anime
ayy dae h8 moe shat? Dx
Apr 3, 2015 5:59 PM

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Damn son, A-1 Pictures coming in stronk with another masterpiece.
Apr 3, 2015 6:06 PM

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Really skeptical about this will be good. Since, you know, the director is the one who made Mahouka. Still going to watch it though. I am not hoping for a masterpiece, at least give me something entertaining.
I like anime.
Apr 3, 2015 6:45 PM

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Heh, I always knew this might get an anime adaptation someday. Definitely going to be a 1 cour most likely.
Apr 3, 2015 6:47 PM

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LOL I just read all the available chapters last week XD

It's okay, if they do 1 ep = half volume, it'll turn out well.
Apr 3, 2015 6:53 PM

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when DxD announced MALs hyped when something similar announced you guys boo.........

i'll give it a try.
Apr 3, 2015 6:54 PM

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xchee said:
Oh isn't this like that uh..that ecchi battle harem show...I mean like every other ecchi battle harem show lol. But I bet I'll see you guys in the anime thread this coming Fall. Yeah I'll be there too...ugh why can't I stay away from red flags -__-

Haha, I'll be seeing you there. I'm sure the episodes discussion thread will be a fun read just like how SAO and Mahouka was. xD

Apr 3, 2015 7:23 PM

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I think its fair to say at this juncture A-1 is the most polarizing company in the industry. I would just like some indication that they care at all about anything the adapt and aren't just choosing titles based on how popular they are and how many Blu-Rays they think they can sell cause frankly it doesn't look like they do much. Also their love of Gary Stuff MCs and hacknyed storytelling and character development is noted . When do they announce Matsuoka and Amamiya as the leads anyway? Will LiSA sing the theme song or Garnedilia Choices... Choices...
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Apr 3, 2015 7:25 PM

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I guess it's focused in battle, so I hope that A-1 provide a consistent animation for this, at least for the battles.
Apr 3, 2015 7:28 PM

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Kaioshin_Sama said:
I think its fair to say at this juncture A-1 is the most polarizing company in the industry. I would just like some indication that they care at all about anything the adapt and aren't just choosing titles based on how popular they are and how many Blu-Rays they think they can sell cause frankly it doesn't look like they do much.
I'm not sure if I should read this as "A-1 only wants money! they don't even care about what they make" or "poor A-1 needs money so badly they don't even get to enjoy themselves".
Apr 3, 2015 7:32 PM

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Try 1 volume long ago. Pure shit
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Premise seems interesting, and director is same as Mahouka.

Definitely a must-watch.
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