Kageki Shoujo!! is a story about two misfit girls who plan to make it big in the world of theatre. Both of them join the Kouka Academy, one out of pure love for the craft, while the other, out of deep trauma.
The anime revives the seemingly lost genre of anime about acting. This story does so by adapting the angle of opera rather than acting in movies, unlike its predecessors.
The upcoming anime adaptation for Kageki Shoujo!! is set to premiere on July 3rd, 2021. The official website for the anime adaptation is also streaming a character PV for Sarasa Watanabe.
The PV showcases the bubbly nature of Sarasa along with her aspirations to play Oscar in Kouka’s famous production of Rose of Versailles. Studio Pine Jam plans to release character PVs for the rest of the main cast eventually.
A 15-second commercial showing Narada and Sarasa’s first encounter was also released.
The additional cast for the anime adaptation was also announced:
| Characters | Cast | Other Works |
| Kiyoshi Nojima | Kana Hanazawa | Kanade Tachibana (Angel Beats!) |
| Lisa Nakayama | Mikako Komatsu | Izumi Shimomura (Ajin) |
| Tomomi Takei | Yuka Terasaki | Zushi (Hunter x Hunter) |
| Mamoru Yasumichi | Junichi Suwabe | Yami Sukehiro (Black Clover) |
| Taichi Narada | Kenji Nojima | Eji Okumura (Banana Fish) |
| Akiya Shirakawa | Kengo Takanashi | Fujita (Dorohedoro) |
| Kozaburo Shirakawa | Takehito Koyasu | Luck Gandor (Baccano!) |
The main cast for the anime adaptation was announced back in April, along with the main visual and a promotional video.
The story revolves around the main duo of Narada Ai and Sarasa Watanabe and their struggles to survive the hard life of Kouka. The series plays just like a Japanese musical revue play, much like what the series is about.
With its excellent art and talented cast of voice actors, the anime adaptation of this dramatic story will surely create waves among the shoujo fandom from its start.
It will be interesting to follow Narada and Sarasa, as they aim to become the very best like no one ever was.
About Kageki Shoujo!!
Kageki Shoujo! is a Japanese manga series by Kumiko Saiki. It was serialized in Shueisha’s seinen manga magazine Jump Kai from 2012. An anime television series adaptation by Pine Jam is scheduled to air in July 2021.
The Kouka Kageki Musical Drama Academy is a high school that teaches musical theater like that at the Takarazuka Revue, and splits its actresses into those who play male and female roles.
Ai Narada is a former idol who becomes a musume-yaku (female role) actress and meets Sarasa Watanabe, a simple farm girl who is an otoko-yaku (male role) actress.
Source: Kageki Shoujo Website
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