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≠ME Idol Momo Sakurai Voice-Acts, Sings in Gacha Girls Corps Anime

The staff for the television anime of author Chinkururi and illustrator Yasutaka Isegawa's Gacha Girls Corps (Gacha o Mawashite Nakama o Fuyasu: Saikyō no Bishōjo Gundan o Tsukuriagero) light novel series presented a promotional video on Wednesday featuring the rabbit character Mofutto, in celebration of 11/11 or "Tachi Mimi Usagi no Hi" (Rabbit with Upright Ears Day). The video announces Momo Sakurai of the idol group ≠ME as the character's voice. The video also reveals and previews the instrumental version of the anime's ending theme song "Mofu-kyun Heart♡" (Mofutto ver) by Mofutto, as voiced by Sakurai.

 Momo Sakurai as Mofutto

Kaiten Books describes the story:

UR-GUARANTEED—TO HAVE THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME!
Ready for an adventure that's out of this world? We've gacha covered.
Norl's a cutting-edge cutie with a cutting edge who's a cut above the rest. Heihachi's just your average mobile game addict with a whale-sized hole in his wallet.

But one day, he pulls an item that pulls him into another world, spinning his life around with a spin of the gacha.

Attacked by monsters, and left without options, Heihachi does what he knows best—roll gacha! To his surprise, he watches his unit materialize before his eyes. Heihachi's used to seeing cute girls pop up on his phone, but he's never seen one pop out of his phone!

Join him on his quest to collect OP UR QTs! (That's Overpowered Ultra Rare Cuties.)

The anime stars:

• Daisuke Sakaguchi as Heihachi Okura
• Miyu Tomita as Norl Fanya (name romanization not confirmed)
• Iori Noguchi as Estel
• Ai Kayano as Shisuha Alvy
• Rie Kugimiya as Luna Varedas

The anime's staff includes:

• Chief Director: Masahiro Takada
• Director: Takashi Asami
• Series Script Supervisor: Deko Akao
• Character Designer, Chief Animation Director: Miori Suzuki
• Monster Design: Tomoyuki Abe
• Prop Design Support: Shiori Kōno
• Art Director: Kenta Tsuboi
• Background Art: Minami Takizawa (name romanization not confirmed)
• Color Key Artist: Akiko Inoue
• Compositing Director of Photography: Kōsuke Tanaka
• Offline Editing: Masaki Utsunomiya
• Offline Editing Assistant: Asuka Kojima
• Sound Director: Nobuyuki Abe
• Sound Production: On-Lead
• Music: Hiroaki Tsutsumi, George King
• Music Producer: Takahiro Ikeda
• Background Music Production Collaboration: MIRACLE BUS
• Music Production: Starry Cube
• Animation Production: Zero-G× Saber Works
• Producer: Ryō Aizawa (Starry Cube)
• Executive Producer: Kōichirō Natsume

The anime will debut in January 2027.

Chinkururi launched the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in January 2016, and the series is ongoing. Micro Magazine published the ninth novel volume in August 2020.

Syū Haruno launched the manga adaptation on Comic Ride in 2018, and the 15th compiled book volume will ship on December 24.

Kaiten Books first licensed Haruno's manga adaptation in 2020. Omoi also digitally releases the manga in English. Kaiten Books released the manga's seventh volume digitally in September 2024.

Sources: Gacha Girls Corps anime's website, Comic Natalie