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Muse Asia Licenses 'Draw This, Then Die!' Anime

Muse Asia announced on Monday that it has licensed the television anime of Minoru Toyoda's Draw This, Then Die! (Kore Kaite Shine) manga. Muse Asia will announce distribution details for the anime at a later date.

Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga, and it describes the story:

Ai Yasumi, a first-year high schooler living on the remote island of Izu Ōshima, has one obsession: manga. When she discovers that her long-idolized but reclusive favorite manga creator, Yasuno-sensei, will make a rare appearance at Comitia, Ai doesn't hesitate—she has to meet her hero. But that single decision sets off a chain of encounters that will shatter her assumptions about art, genius, and what it truly means to create.

The anime stars:

• Akira Sekine as Ai Yasumi
• Saori Hayami as Rei Teshima
• Saya Hitomi as Kokoro Fujimori
• Kanon Fujimura as Sachi Akafuku
• Inori Minase as Hikaru Sekiryū
• Noriko Hidaka as Pokota, a character that appears in Ai's "bible manga" Robota to Pokota (Robota and Pokota) and her imaginary friend
• Atsumi Tanezaki as Nana Teramura, the manager of a manga rental shop that Ai frequently visits
• Yukana as Hana Kongōji, an editor at Shogakukan and Rei Teshima's former editor
• Kikuko Inoue as Hebichika-sensei, the creator of the Sweet Hebi Ichigo manga that sold over 1 million copies

Hiroaki Akagi (The Dangers in My Heart, Teasing Master Takagi-san) is directing the anime at Shinei Animation. Hiroko Fukuda (Teasing Master Takagi-san the Movie, Our Dating Story: The Experienced You and The Inexperienced Me) is overseeing the series scripts and is also writing the scripts along with Aki Itami (Teasing Master Takagi-san season 3), and Kanichi Katō (The Eminence in Shadow 2nd Season). Takekazu Segawa (The Dangers in My Heart sub-character designer) is designing the anime's characters. 

Additional staff includes:

• Color Key Artist: Kumiko Yanagisawa
• Art Director: Reiji Kasuga
• Compositing Director of Photography: Shigemitsu Hamao
• Editing: Aya Hida
• Music: Hiroaki Tsutsumi (MIRACLE BUS)
• Sound Director: Tatsuhiro Amano
• Sound Production: Bit Grooove Promotion

Tatsuya Kitani performs the opening theme song "Isho." Regal Lily performs the anime's ending theme song "Conifer."

Source: Muse Asia's Facebook page