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Muse Asia Licenses Toaru Anbu no Item Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Muse Asia announced last Friday that it has licensed the television anime of Kazuma Kamachi's Toaru Anbu no Item (A Certain ITEM of the Dark Side) spinoff novel. The anime will begin streaming in October.
The anime will debut in Japan on October 9.
The anime is the latest series in A Certain Magical Index franchise, and the "ITEM" in the title refers to the secret organization ITEM at Academy City. The novel series' story follows the women of the "dark side" of Academy City.
The anime stars:
- Ami Koshimizu as Shizuri Mugino
- Aya Suzaki as Rikou Takitsubou
- Maaya Uchida as Frenda Seivelun
- Chinatsu Akasaki as Saiai Kinuhata
A Certain Scientific Railgun anime director Tatsuyuki Nagai is also directing the Toaru Anbu no Item anime at J.C. Staff, and A Certain Scientific Railgun, A Certain Magical Index series chief animation director Shigeki Kimoto is designing the characters. Maiko Iuchi (A Certain Magical Index, A Certain Scientific Railgun, A Certain Scientific Accelerator, Selector Infected Wixoss) is the anime's musical composer.
Source: Muse Asia's Facebook page
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