4-koma Manga 'Azur Lane: Bisoku Zenshin!' Gets Short Anime

by Aiimee
Sep 13, 2020 3:05 PM | 7 Comments

An official website for a short anime adaptation of Hori's Azur Lane: Bisoku Zenshin! 4-koma web manga opened on Sunday, revealing the cast, staff, a teaser promo and visual (pictured). The short depicts the everyday lives of the ship girls, and is scheduled to air in January 2021.

Cast
Prinz Eugen: Ayane Sakura (Asagao to Kase-san.)
Akashi: Sumire Uesaka (Carole & Tuesday)
Javelin: Nozomi Yamane (Yurikuma Arashi)
Ayanami: You Taichi (Princess Principal)
Laffey: Maria Naganawa (Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon)
Z23: Rika Abe (Azur Lane)
Baltimore: Minami Takahashi (Arifureta Shokugyou de Sekai Saikyou)

Staff
Director: Masato Jinbo (Heya Camp△)
Script: Yuu Satou (Uchuu Senkan Tiramisù)
Character Design: Hiromitsu Hagiwara (Nozo x Kimi)
Chief Animation Director: Hiromitsu Hagiwara, Kengo Saito (SSSS.Gridman)
Art Director: Kazuhiro Arai (Majutsushi Orphen Hagure Tabi)
Color Design: Kouji Hamaoka (Mahou Sensou)
Director of Photography: Tadashi Kitaoka (Dog Days)
Editing: Real-T, Motoki Niimi (Last Period: Owarinaki Rasen no Monogatari)
Music: Shade (Miru Tights)
Sound Director: Masaki Tsuchiya (Yesterday wo Utatte)
Sound Effects: Hiromune Kurahashi (Strike Witches)
Sound Production: Delfi Sound
Studio: Yostar Pictures, CANDY BOX
Production Cooperation: Yokohama Animation Lab

Emi Nitta (Love Live! School Idol Project) will be performing one of the theme songs, "Longing For!," with Yui Sakikibaru (Nyan-koi) performing another theme, "Mahiruiro Siesta." Music production company Stray Cats is producing the theme songs.

The 4-koma slice of life manga has been published on the franchise's official Twitter account since April 2018. Ichijinsha also serializes the manga on its Azur Lane special website. The first volume went on sale in June 2019.

The original Azur Lane smartphone game was developed in May 2017 by Shanghai Manjuu and Xiamen Yongshi and published by the streaming website Bilibili. The game was released in Japan in September 2017 by Yostar, with the official English localization released in May 2019. A comic anthology was released in January 2018, with a Playstation 3D game, Azur Lane Crosswave, released last August by Compile Hearts.

Bibury Animation Studios produced a 12-episode television anime based on the game that premiered in Fall 2019, with the last two episodes airing on March 13 and 20, respectively.

Teaser Promo

Official site: https://azurlane-bisoku.jp/
Official Twitter:@azurlane_bisoku

Source: animate Times

Azur Lane: Bisoku Zenshin! on MAL

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Looking forward to this. I might be in the small group of people that liked the previous adaptation but this does seem like it'd be a lot more fun. More Nimi please.

Sep 14, 2020 6:12 PM by Lelouch0202

As a Azur Lane fan I'm looking forward to this x2.

Sep 14, 2020 11:02 AM by Slarkero

I laughed at Nimi's "wtf am I doing?" face in the poster xD

Already looking better than the main anime "Jesus Enterprise-sama: The Animation". Azur Lane can't go wrong if it focuses on SoL and starter lolis. Looking forward to this.

Normally, this is the part I'd complain why it isn't full 20-min but this time, it's a wise decision to make it just a short. Cuz if it's full length, I'm sure the source manga will run out pretty fast since it's only 3 pages per chapter lol.

And...

Raffy

Go home MAL, you're drunk. I know not everyone can be familiar with WWII's ship names but at least check the main show or the source material (game)'s background before pulling out a random English word out of your ass.

Sep 14, 2020 8:41 AM by Renkini

Raffy? Isn't:

https://myanimelist.net/character/171804/Laffey
https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/Laffey
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Laffey_(DD-459)

????

Sep 14, 2020 8:13 AM by Heimur

As a Azur Lane fan I'm looking forward to this. I think this will be better than the other AL anime adaptation.

Sep 13, 2020 11:06 PM by AddaeAkono

Damn, it's going to be one cozy Winter season to start off 2021 with.

Sep 13, 2020 9:34 PM by _MushiRock11_

I mean as long as it's AL SoL, it has to be better than the AL anime adaptation...

Looking forward to it.

Sep 13, 2020 3:35 PM by _Ako_