Right on the cusp of AnimeJapan 2024, MAPPA opened up an official website and Twitter account for ZENSHU., a new original TV anime. The main cast and staff were revealed along with a teaser trailer and visual for the series, which follows Natsuko Hirose through her burgeoning career as an animator. The anime will be on display at the Bushiroad booth during the weekend festivities. Mitsue Yamasaki (Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle) is on board as director, with Kimiko Ueno (The Royal Tutor) providing the scripts and Kayoko Ishikawa (Sarazanmai) serving as one of the chief animation directors and adapting Yoshiteru Tsujino’s original character designs. ZENSHU. will feature the music of Yukari Hashimoto (Komi Can’t Communicate, March comes in like a lion).
ZENSHU. Teaser Trailer
ZENSHU. Teaser Visual
The cast includes:
Natsuko Hirose voiced by Anna Nagase (Yoki in ‘Tis Time for “Torture,” Princess)
Luke Braveheart voiced by Kazuki Ura (Yoichi Isagi in BLUE LOCK)
Unio voiced by Rie Kugimiya (Happy in Fairy Tail)
Memmeln voiced by Minori Suzuki (Rosina in Ascendance of a Bookworm)
QJ voiced by Akio Suyama (Ichiro Ogami in Sakura Wars)
Full staff list:
Original Creators: Mitsue Yamasaki / Kimiko Ueno / MAPPA
Director: Mitsue Yamasaki
Screenplay: Kimiko Ueno
Character & Environment Concept Art: Yoshiteru Tsujino
Character Design & Chief Animation Director: Kayoko Ishikawa
Chief Animation Director: Shuji Takahara / Kazuko Hayakawa / Etsuko Sumimoto
Assistant Director: Sumie Noro
Background Art Director: Akio Shimada
Color Design: Junko Suenaga
Composite Director: Kenta Fujita
Editing: Mutsumi Takemiya
Music: Yukari Hashimoto
Sound Production: dugout
Casting Manager: Makoto Tanimura(SOUND WING)
Animation Producer: Takahiro Ogawa
Animation Production: MAPPA
Here’s how MAPPA describes it:
After graduating from high school, Natsuko Hirose starts her career as an animator. Her talent quickly flourishes, and she makes her debut as a director in no time. Her first anime becomes a massive hit, sparking a social phenomenon and earning her recognition as an up-and-coming genius director. Her next project is set to be a romantic comedy movie themed around first love! However, having never been in love herself, Natsuko struggles to understand the concept of first love, and as a result, she’s unable to create the storyboard, causing the movie production to come to a standstill.
Source: Comic Natalie
