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The official website for the television anime of Sakuya Amano's Konohana Kitan manga announced on Wednesday that the series will premiere on AT-X on October 4 at 8:00 p.m., and later the same evening on Tokyo MX. It will also air the following evening on BS11 and at an as-yet-unspecified time on Kansai TV. The staff will hold a preview screening with a cast talkshow on September 24. Hideki Okamoto (Nagasarete Airantou, Nana to Kaoru, D.C. II: Da Capo II) is directing the series at Lerche. Takao Yoshioka (WATAMOTE, Ikki Tousen, Elfen Lied) is handling the series composition, and Keiko Kurosawa (Scum's Wish, Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle) is the character designer. Music group eufonius is performing the opening theme song. The cast includes: Ayaka Suwa as Natsume Risa Kubota as Ren Manami Numakura as Kiri Ai Kakuma as Sakura Yuko Ōno as Yuzu Sawako Hata as Satsuki The manga originates from Amano's earlier Konohana-tei Kitan manga, which launched in Ichijin

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Series premieres on October 4 The official website for the television anime of Sakuya Amano's Konohana Kitan manga began streaming an announcement video for the anime on Monday. The video features eufonius' opening theme song "Kokoro ni Tsubomi" (Bud in the Heart). The website also announced that the six main cast members will appear in an eight-part special program that will premiere on Niconico Channel on Wednesday. The program will introduce the anime and feature a waitress experience for the voice actresses. The series will premiere on AT-X on October 4 at 8:00 p.m., and later the same evening on Tokyo MX. It will also air the following night on BS11 and on Kansai TV. The staff will hold a preview screening with a cast talkshow on September 24. The cast, from left to right in the image above, includes: Ayaka Suwa as Natsume Risa Kubota as Ren Manami Numakura as Kiri Ai Kakuma as Sakura Yuko Ōno as Yuzu Sawako Hata as Satsuki Hideki Okamoto (Nag

Yōsuke Sugino, Yuri Nakamura star in drama slated for this fall Miwako Sugiyama's Hana ni Kedamono manga is inspiring a live-action television adaptation this fall. The drama will be available simultaneously on dTV and Fuji TV On Demand. The manga is a romance between innocent new girl Kumi and handsome playboy Hyō. The adaptation stars, from right to left starting with the top row in the image above, Yōsuke Sugino as Hyō, Yuri Nakamura as Kumi, Shōma Kai as the honest and kind Tatsuki, Bullet Train's Takashi Matsuo as the cool and mysterious Chihaya who supports Kumi from the shadows, and AKB48's Anna Iriyama as Kumi's secretive friend Kanna. Kentaro Otani (NANA) and Ryō Miyawaki are directing the adaptation. Miyako Matsumoto is writing the script. The original manga ran in Shogakukan's Sho-Comi magazine from 2010 to 2012. Shogakukan published the manga in 10 compiled volumes that have more than 2 million copies in print. Sugiyama's 4-Gatsu no Kimi, Spica romance