Magical Girl Raising Project Light Novels Get Stage Play
Asari Endō's Magical Girl Raising Project light novel series is receiving a stage play adaptation on January 8-13 at the Owlspot Theatre in Tokyo.
The cast includes:
- Rino Mochizuki as Snow White
- Risa Tsumugi as Ripple
- Aya Emori as Top Speed
- Fumi Taniguchi as La Pucelle
- Hazuki Tanda as Hardgore Alice
- Teru Ikuta as Mori no Ongakuka Cranberry
- Haruka Komiyama as Ruler
- Ui Sakura as Swim Swim
- Haru Shinonome as Tama
- Mio as Minaeru
- Yae as Yunaeru
- Reo Kurachi as Sister Nana
- Marina Kumamoto as Weiss Winterprison
- Yui Tenshō as Calamity Mary
- Kiina Haruno as Nemurin
- Kurumi Mamiya as the voice of Fav
Saki Nagata is writing and directing the stage play.
Endō's Mahō Shōjo Ikusei Keikaku light novel series is set in a world where a social game called The Magical G irl Raising Project allows one in tens of thousands of people to be a "magical girl" — possessing extraordinary physical capabilities and looks, as well as special magical powers that set them apart from the rest of the human race. But one day, in a district containing 16 magical girls, the administration announces that it must halve the number of magical girls to solve the problem of magical energy. At first, the 16 magical girls race to collect more "magical candy" than their competitors, but the rules quickly become twisted, and it quickly becomes a murderous battle for survival among them.
The first 12-episode Magical Girl Raising Project anime premiered in Japan on the AT-X channel in October 2016, and Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired.
The Magical Girl Raising Project Restart television anime will premiere on October 5. The anime will air on TV Tokyo on October 5 late at night at 2:00 a.m. (effectively October 6), and then on AT-X and BS Fuji on October 7.
Hiroyuki Hashimoto returns from the first Magical Girl Raising Project anime as the director. Takao Yoshioka is returning to write the script. Masako Itou (Magical Girl Raising Project SD character designer) is designing the characters for the new anime based on original designs by Maruino. Satoki Iida is returning as sound director. Synergy SP is the new animation studio, replacing Lerche that animated the previous Magical Girl Raising Project anime. Minori Chihara performs the anime's opening theme song "No tears here." Daisy×Daisy performs the ending theme song "ReMind."
Endō launched the original light novel series through Takarajimasha's Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! Bunko imprint in June 2012, and Takarajimasha published the 18th volume in November 2023. The second and third light novel volumes, published in November and December 2012, cover the "Restart" arc. Yen Press began publishing the novel series in English in June 2017.
Nori-Senbei launched the manga adaptation of the "Restart" arc in Kadokawa's Monthly Comp Ace magazine in 2016, and Kadokawa published one volume in September 2016.
Sources: Odd Entertainment's X/Twitter account, Stage Natalie
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