She fights evil by moonlight, and brings street justice by daylight.
Earlier today, an official website opened its doors to announce that Makoto Fukami and illustrator Seigo Tokiya’s Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka (Mahou Shojo Tokushusen Asuka) is getting an anime TV series. The first cast and crew members, along with a trailer and visual were shown off.
We break the details down below.
Trailer
The three-minute promo opens with lead actress Aya Suzaki greeting the audience. The video cuts to a proper trailer at the 64-second mark. The promo opens with a shot of the manga panels, before cutting to rapid cuts of animation sequences, set to a shredding guitar riff.
At the close of the teaser, Suzaki returns to close the presentation.
Key Visual
Th visual features a bloodied Asuka Ōtorii, blade in hand as she walks away from a haze of flaming wreckage.
Staff
Hideyo Yamamoto (The Prince of Tennis II, Strike The Blood) will direct the project at Liden Films, with Yoko Suzuki (Puzzle & Dragons X) providing character designs. The team of Makoto Fukami (Berserk 2016, Yuruyuri San Hai!) and Norimitsu Kaihō (School-Live!< Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation) is in charge of series composition.
R.O.N. is scoring the show’s soundtrack.
Cast
The series will star the following:
- Asuka Ōtorii: Aya Suzaki
Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka hits Japanese TV in January 2019.
Makoto Fukami and illustrator Seigo Tokiya’s Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka manga launched in Square Enix’s Big Gangan magazine in June 2015. The series currently spans seven volumes, with volume 8 shipping to stores on July 25.
Seven Seas currently holds the rights to the title in North America. They describe it as:
When the Earth is threatened by the sudden appearance of undead creatures, a group of young women blessed with powers from a mysterious source rose to defeat them. Now, after three years of apparent peace, the same malevolent creatures have resurfaced. Five magical girls are once again conscripted to war as the Magical Girl Special Ops force, to defend mankind from an unholy nemesis.
Sources: Comic Natalie, Otakomu
Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka Gets Anime TV Series in January 2019; First Cast, Crew, & Trailer Revealed – Samantha Ferreira
