MinatoSoft released a demo of its upcoming Shōjo-tachi wa Kōya o Mezasu (The girls who aim for the wildlands, or ~Girls beyond the youth KOYA~) PC game on Friday, and an accompanying promotional video also revealed that an television anime adaptation has been green-lit for January. The video announced the staff and cast for the anime.
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Text: Shōjo-tachi wa Kōya o Mezasu ~Girls beyond the youth KOYA~
Text: TV Anime Adaptation Green-Lit
Text: Original Story: Takahiro (MinatoSoft)
Text: Original Story Scenario: Romeo Tanaka
Text: Original Character Design: Matsuryū
Text: Director: Takuya Satō
Text: Series Script Supervisor: Yuniko Ayana
Text: Character Design: Takayuki Noguchi
Text: Animation Production: Project No.9
Text: Seiichirō Yamashita as Buntarō Hōjō
Text: Haruka Chisuga as Sayuki Kuroda
Text: Kana Hanazawa as Yūka Kobayakawa
Text: Satomi Satou as Uguisu Yūki
Text: Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Atomu Kai
Text: Shōjo-tachi wa Kōya o Mezasu ~Girls beyond the youth KOYA~
Text: Starts airing in January 2016!
In the story, Buntarō is a student who wants to be something, but doesn't know what. One day his female classmate Sayuki announces she is working on a bishōjo (pretty girl) game. Sayuki scouted him because he wrote a good script for drama club, but Buntarō doesn't know anything about bishōjo games.
The cast reprise their roles from the game:
- Seiichirō Yamashita as Buntarō Hōjō
- Haruka Chisuga as Sayuki Kuroda
- Kana Hanazawa as Yūka Kobayakawa
- Satomi Akesaka as Teruha Andō
- Satomi Satou as Uguisu Yūki
- Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Atomu Kai
Takuya Satō (Selector Infected Wixoss, Steins;Gate, Mission-E) is directing the anime in Project No.9, with scripts by Yuniko Ayana (Bakuman., Hori-san to Miyamura-kun, Kinmoza! Kiniro + Mosaic), based on the game's original scenario by Romeo Tanaka. Takayuki Noguchi (Queen's Blade 2: The Evil Eye, Ro-Kyu-Bu!, Papillon Rose) is adapting the character design for animation, based on Matsuryū's original character designs for the game. Takahiro (Akame ga KILL!, Yuki Yuna Is a Hero) is planning the project.