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NanosizeMir's Runa Mizutani Performs Theme Songs For Rewrite Anime

The official website for the television anime of the Rewrite visual novel announced on Saturday that Runa Mizutani from the NanosizeMir dōjin music unit will perform the opening and ending theme songs for the anime. The opening theme song is titled "Philosophyz" and the ending theme song is titled "Sasayaka na Hajimari" (A Modest Beginning). The songs used for the anime will be arranged versions of these songs.

Additionally, Anri Kumaki will perform the "End of the World" song for the series. Jun Maeda is writing and composing the song. Kumaki previously performed the "Kimi no Moji" song that played during the last scene of the final episode of the Charlotte anime. Aoi Tada (theme songs for Charlotte, Angel Beats!) will also provide music for the series.

The software's voice cast is returning for the anime:

• Masakazu Morita as Kotarō Tennōji 
• Chiwa Saito as Kotori Kanbe 
• Saya Shinomiya as Chihaya Ohtori 
• Eri Kitamura as Akane Senri 
• Keiko Suzuki as Shizuru Nanatsu 
• Risa Asaki as Lucia Konohana 
• Kana Hanazawa as Kagari 

Tensho (Kinmoza! Kiniro + Mosaic, The Fruit of Grisaia) is directing the anime at 8-Bit and also supervising the series scripts. Romeo Tanaka (Cross Channel scenario, Humanity Has Declined) and Visual Art's KAI (Clannad scenario, Grim Reaper Kyou) are credited with collaborating on the composition and scripts. Masayuki Nonaka (Hello!! KINMOZA chief animation director, The Fruit of Grisaia main animator) is adapting the game's original character designs by Key/Visual Art's Itaru Hinoue (Kanon, Air, Clannad, Little Busters!) for animation.

The anime will premiere in July, and it will portray a "sixth" route left untold in the game, which will tell the story of "that girl."

Thanks to zayd gh for the news tip.