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Schoolgirl Strikers TV Anime Adaptation Announced for January

The official website of Square Enix’s Schoolgirl Strikers has announced that a TV anime adaptation of the mobile game is in production for January 2017. The anime’s website has launched revealing the first visual, character designs, cast, staff and promotional video.

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The upcoming anime will be titled Schoolgirl Strikers Animation Channel and will air from January during the Winter 2016/2017 anime season.

The main cast of the game will return to reprise their roles in the anime:

  • Kaori Ishihara (Aladdin in Magi: The Kingdom of Magic) voicing as Tsubame Miyama

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  • Rina Hidaka (Silica from Sword Art Online) as Satoka Sumihara

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  • Miyuki Sawashiro (Celty Sturluson from Durarara!!) will voice Io Yaginuma

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  • Kana Hanazawa (Kanade Tachibana from Angel Beats!) voices Yumi Sajima

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  • Yui Ogura (Tsukiko Tsutsukakushi from Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko.) voicing the role of Mana Namori

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The first members of the anime’s production staff consists of:

  • Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori (Toaru Majutsu no Index, Trinity Seven)
  • Series Composer: Takao Yoshioka (High School DxD, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso)
  • Anime Character Designer: Yuichi Tanaka (Toaru Majutsu no Index, Oregairu Zoku)
  • Music Composer: Mizuto Suzuki and Kengo Tokusashi
  • Animation Studio: J.C. Staff (Toradora!, Bakuman.)

The Opening theme song of the anime will be performed by the main cast of the anime.

The first promotional video of the anime has been released that introduces the cast and staff:

Schoolgirl Strikers is a mobile JRPG developed by Square Enix for smartphone devices. The game was first released in 2014 with an emphasis of collectible cards, where players are able to use the cards to do battle in traditional 3D RPG systems in addition to visual novel mechanics. Players are also able to customise the appearance of the characters they receive. The game received a manga and light novel adaptation in 2014 and 2015 respectively.

Here is the series synopsis from MAL:

It’s the near future. The newly established girls’ private school Goryoukan Academy has another face. This school has a special unit, Fifth force, who is assembled and selected from the school’s student body in order to fight an enemy called Oburi.

This is a story about love, courage and friendship about the girls called Strikers.

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A TV anime adaptation of the Schoolgirl Strikers mobile game, titled Schoolgirl Strikers Animation Channel, is in production for January 2017, during the Winter 2016/2017 anime season.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://sgs-anime.com/
And follow their Twitter: @sgs_anime

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