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Short Form Web Anime Space Idol Blasts Off in January of 2023

A promotional image for the Space Idol short form web anime featuring the four main characters of the Uchuu Seifuku idol group: Sapphy, Ecchan, Moffuan, and Rokko.

 

Pop music will conquer the galaxy in Space Idol, a newly announced short form web anime about a four member intergalactic idol group. The main staff has been revealed for the series, including:

 

  • Series composition, screenplay: Udai Iwasaki (Kamomental)
  • Director: Kenji Itoso
  • Character design: Yuki Moriyama
  • Animation production: KENJI STUDIO, REGARO
  • Music: Yoshida Ichiro Untouchable World

 

The cast of Space Idol includes:

 

  • Ecchan voiced by Kaede Hondo.
  • Sapphy voiced by Fairouz Ai.
  • Rokko voiced Azusa Tadokoro.
  • And Moffuan voiced by Azumi Waki.

 

Space Idol is a slapstick comedy that follows the misadventures of Uchuu Seifuku, a four person idol group composed of: Ecchan, the hot-blooded leader; Sapphy, a scatter-brained philanthropist; Rokko, an airheaded reptilian; and Moffuan, a gloomy but extremely fluffy monster. The 6 episode series will stream in Japan on the DMM TV website beginning at 24:00 on Thursday, January 26, 2023.

 

Sources: Anime! Anime!, Comic Natalie

 

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