'Kageki Shoujo!!' Manga Receives TV Anime Adaptation in 2021

by Kingsman117
Oct 27, 2020 4:08 PM | 8 Comments

The December 2020 issue of Melody magazine announced a television anime adaptation of Kumiko Saiki's Kageki Shoujo! manga series on Wednesday. Hakusensha also opened an official website, revealing the staff and a teaser visual (pictured). The anime series will air in 2021.

Staff
Director: Kazuhiro Yoneda (Gleipnir)
Series Composition: Tadashi Morishita (Mohouhan live-action TV special)
Chief Animation Directior: Eriko Iida (Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo), Akira Takada (Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume o Minai), Tomoko Fukunaga (Miira no Kaikata)
Character design: Takahiro Kishida (Haikyuu!! To the Top)
Sub-character design: Eriko Iida, Akira Takada, Takao Maki (Youjo Senki)
Art Director: Hiromichi Tanigawa (Stella no Mahou)
Color Design: Kouji Sakagamii (Mahou Shoujo Nante Mou Ii Desu kara.)
Prop design: Miyuki Koga (Zoku Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru chief animation direction, Carole & Tuesday design assistance)
Director of Photography: Yasuhiro Asagi (Babylon)
Editing: Daisuke Imai (Great Pretender)
Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki (Houseki no Kuni)
Music: Tsuneyoshi Saitou (Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor - Exodus)
Music Production: King Records
Studio: Pine Jam

Synopsis
Founded in the Taisho era, the "Red Flower Opera Company" attracts people's hearts across generations on a beautiful and gorgeous stage created only by unmarried women. The 100th generation students who have passed through a high magnification and entered the "Red Flower Opera Music School" to develop the human resources. Sarasa Watanabe, an innocent girl with a height of 178 cm who longs for "Oscar-sama." Ai Narada, a former national idol who is indifferent to everything, both dreams and friends. The music school life full of hope and conflict, where everything is disjointed, is about to begin!

The anime will cover events beginning with the original manga, which was serialized in Shueisha's Jump X from May 2012 to October 2014. The 14 chapters were later compiled into two volumes, which Hakusensha re-released as a single volume titled Kageki Shoujo!! Season Zero in March 2019. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga in English in April, with a print release scheduled for November 24.

Saiki's sequel manga, Kageki Shoujo!!, has been serialized in Melody since February 2015. The ninth compiled volume was released on March 5, and the tenth volume is scheduled to go on sale on November 5.

Kageki Shoujo!! was nominated for best Shoujo in the 44th Kodansha Manga Awards this year.

Official site: https://kageki-anime.com/
Official Twitter: @kageki_anime

Source: Comic Natalie

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After reading some about this I get my hopes up a bit for some sweet Yuri

Ai is already my best girl.. Awwwwww my little lesbian sweetie pie dont even like stupid anime males! And ONLY wanna be with other girls,,YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES

Nov 3, 2020 1:54 AM by Yuri-Crusader

@NG_Chloe It's a classic hobby tittle, so romance isn't an important part of it anyway. Just one of the side characters has certain ship teasing with MC.

So above all, expect a deep study of Takarazuka and women's nakama-power. Well, and a certain amount of

Oct 31, 2020 1:03 PM by RobertBobert

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Dragevard said:
Is this Shoujo Ai/Yuri?

NG_Chloe said:

Dragevard said:
Is this Shoujo Ai/Yuri?

From what I read, not official Shoujo ai/yuri, but seems more of the implied variety

minniemoon said:
This looks fantastic, and right up my alley!

No, as far as I remember, MC even had a male love interest in the prequel. What you mean by "implied" is the usual homoeroticism for Takarazuka, as it is a all-female theater with a memetic lesbian reputation. Outside of that, this manga has enough male characters.

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I see, well my knowledge was only based on like one or two chapters that I found online.
good to know

Oct 31, 2020 10:42 AM by NG_Chloe

Dragevard said:
Is this Shoujo Ai/Yuri?

NG_Chloe said:

Dragevard said:
Is this Shoujo Ai/Yuri?

From what I read, not official Shoujo ai/yuri, but seems more of the implied variety

minniemoon said:
This looks fantastic, and right up my alley!

VanishingKira said:
I don't know much about this but considering the similar titles, if this is anything Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight it might be interesting and worth checking out. Based on the looks of it, it might have some Utena influences too.

Takarazuka was an influence on Utena, not the other way around. And this manga is at least 2-3 years older than RS. They have Takarazuka as a common theme, but otherwise they are as different as Free and any actual sport shonen.

Oct 31, 2020 7:36 AM by RobertBobert

I started to work on it a year ago, I came up with some ideas, I dont think the anime was oficially announced back then. Cant wait to see the final result!

Oct 29, 2020 7:15 PM by Ringare

This looks fantastic, and right up my alley!

Oct 27, 2020 10:55 PM by minniemoon

Dragevard said:
Is this Shoujo Ai/Yuri?

From what I read, not official Shoujo ai/yuri, but seems more of the implied variety

Oct 27, 2020 7:05 PM by NG_Chloe

Amazing news, I only read the first few chapters, but I loved it

Oct 27, 2020 7:03 PM by NG_Chloe