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Anime-Gataris Anime Reveals Theme Song Artists, October 8 Debut

The official website for Anime-Gataris (Anime Stories) revealed the anime's theme song artists and October 8 premiere on Wednesday.

Hisako Tōjō are performing the ending theme song "Good Luck Lilac" as their characters and under the unit name "GATALIS."

The anime will premiere on BS Fuji on October 11 at 12:00 a.m. (effectively October 12 morning), with the special program airing on October 4.

The anime's previously revealed cast includes:

• Kaede Hondo as Minoa Asagaya (center in image above), a first-year at Sakaneko High School, and a beginner at anime. Her tendency to get wrapped up in things led her to be a member of the anime research club. The shows she is personally interested in tend to swing back and forth between the influences of the different of the club. She still has no favorite anime. She is clumsy, but very goal-driven, and is quick to offer a retort.

• Sayaka Senbongi as Arisu Kamiigusa (right), Minoa's classmate and the scion of a well-off family, with one of her parents being the president of a major company. Her air of good upbringing tends to radiate around her even if she doesn't say a single word. Because of this, even though she likes anime, she has had no one to talk to about it. She tends to think that money can solve any dilemma. Although she exudes a domineering self-confidence, she is actually frequently lonely.

• Hisako Tōjō as Miko Kōenji (left), Minoa's classmate, and a normal student in both looks and personality. She tries not to stand out, and on breaks, she just flips through a novel in the classroom. Recently, she has been getting into novels of the kind that people who pretend they have superpowers like. She tends to watch anime that are adaptations of novels, even though her love for the original novel remains strong. She dreams of being a novelist, and secretly s her writing online.

• Rie Takahashi as Yui Obata, a first-year at Sakaneko High School, and a friend of Minoa. She is a member of the track team. She worries at first about the antics that Minoa gets into at the anime research club, but once she sees Minoa having fun, she accepts and watches over her. She has a lot of secret fans at school. She likes yakiniku.

• Junta Terashima as Mitsuki Nakano, a second-year at Sakaneko High School, and a member of the anime research club. His good looks make him popular with the girls. But he is secretly a fan of idol anime. Whenever the topic of a conversation turns to his interests, he undergoes a complete personality change. Minoa looks up to him as a good upperclassman who helped her out in her time of need.

• Setsuo Itō as Kai Musashikai, a second-year at Sakaneko High School, and a member of the anime research club. He likes action anime centering on supernatural powers. People tend to stay away from him due to his delusions of grandeur and frequent usage of lines used by action anime protagonists. He is frequently called "Kaikai" by those who know him, even though he hates that name. Ever since Mitsuki ignored Kai's questionable conduct to talk to him, he has been good friends with him.

• cosplay. She previously lived in the United States due to her parents' job.

• Natsumi Takamori as Ayame Ōzaki, a second-year at Sakaneko High School, and the student council vice president. While she has authority, she has a tendency to go charging off on her own, though Matsuri often calms her down. She practically worships Tsubaki and her strong sense of duty. Because the anime research club has Tsubaki's constant attention, she feels jealous toward Erika, and sees the club as her mortal enemy.

• Asuka Nishi as Tsubaki Akabane, a third-year at Sakaneko High School, and the student council president. She is serious to a fault, and a model student, whose looks and intelligence prove popular with the student body. For some reason, she is constantly fixated on efforts to disband the anime research club. When she was younger, she used to like magical girl anime, but now she doesn't watch them at all. She knows Erika from childhood, and they used to be close.

• Miyu Takagi as Matsuri Toda, a second-year at Sakaneko High School, and the student council's treasurer. She is a very calm and collected girl, and hardly anything bothers or disturbs her or her devotion to her duties as treasurer. She has constantly ired Tsubaki's resolute attitude. As the one who usually calms down Ayame when she runs wild, she has a close friendship with her.

• Kana Hanazawa as Yan Beibei, a student who hails from Beijing. She has totally immersed herself in anime fandom, using her studies of Japanese as the initial reason for watching. She loves anime so much that she travels to Japan for anime-related events.

• Makoto Furukawa as Masato Gomon, the classical literature teacher, and the adviser of the anime research club. He is a geek for quality video equipment, and he became the adviser for the club primarily in order to use the club room's legacy equipment. His sometimes irresponsible personality often winds up summoning trouble.

• club activities. Tōru knows absolutely nothing about anime.

The anime centers on Minoa Asagaya, a new high school student at Sakaneko Private High School. Despite being a novice to anime, Minoa's classmate Arisu Kamiigusa invites her to make an "anime research club" at school. Through conversations with her classmate Miko Kōenji, as well as various anime-loving upperclassmen, Minoa gradually gets hooked on anime. While they stand against the student council's continuous efforts to disband their club, and they ignore the impending end of the world, they talk about anime, whether in Akiba, or in real-life "sacred place" anime settings, or the hot springs.

Studio Mouse.

Source: MoCa News