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THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls: U149 Anime Hits the Stage in April

THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls: U149

 

The Twitter account is live along with some fresh details for THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls: U149 anime, which is officially set to premiere in April 2023. Along with that news comes a brand new promo and a bunch of the main staff and cast members, so let’s take a look at who’s powering the latest spin on the series.

 

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First up, the promo:

 

 

Cast:

 

  • Arisu Tachibana voiced by Amina Sato (Yuka Ichijo in AKB0048)
  • Momoko Sakurai voiced by Haruka Terui (Yuki Yuna in YUKI YUNA IS A HERO)
  • Miria Akagi voiced by Tomoyo Kurosawa (Misaki Okusawa in BanG Dream!)
  • Risa Matoba voiced by Hana Tamegai
  • Haru Yuuki voiced by Makoto Koichi (Yuka Tokitate in I’m Standing on a Million Lives)
  • Chie Sasaki voiced by Asaka Imai
  • Kaoru Ryuzaki voiced by Natsumi Haruse (Millianne Grandria in Infinite Dendogram)
  • Nina Ichihara voiced by Misaki Kuno (Hawk in The Seven Deadly Sins)
  • Koharu Koga voiced by ???
  • Producer: Yuki Yonai (Haruki Bando in Cheer Boys!!)

 

Staff:

 

  • Director: Manabu Okamoto (Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation)
  • Assistant Director: Hiroyuki Takashima
  • Series Composition: Noboru Murayama
  • Character Designs: Norie Igawa
  • Concept Art: Kinichi Okubo
  • Design Works: Takeshi Noda, Keiko Odasaki, Rinko Nakamura, Takahiro Watabe, Michiko Makita
  • Art Setting: Yoshihiro Sono, Takeyuki Takahashi, Kazushige Kanehira
  • Art Director: Kazuhiro Inoue
  • Color Design: Makiko Doi
  • 3DCG Director: Hirotsugu Ishikawa, Masamune Sakaki
  • Director of Photography: Yoshihiro Sekiya
  • Editor: Akinori Mishima
  • Sound Director: Manabu Okamoto
  • Music: Nippon Columbia
  • Animation Production: CYGAMES PICTURES

 

 

As previously reported, the U149 in the title refers to the aspiring idols at the center of it all, who stand at under 149 centimeters tall. Together with the help of their similarly squat rookie producer, these idols aim to make it to the top! As the announcement card puts it, “This story is about growth of little idols and their little producer.” 

 

Source: Official Twitter

 

 

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his comics at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.