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Mahō Shōjo Ore Anime's 2nd Promo Video Reveals April 2 Debut

The official website for the television anime of Icchokusen Mōkon's Mahō Shōjo Ore (Magical Girl Ore or literally, I Am a Magical Girl) manga updated on Wednesday with the second promotional video and April 2 premiere date.

The website revealed a new key visual and two "mysterious silhouettes" on the character page.

The anime premieres on April 2 on AT-X at 10:00 p.m and on Tokyo MX the following day. A special preview broadcast of the first and second episodes premieres on March 25 on AT-X at 7:30 p.m.

Itsuro Kawasaki (Rental Magica, Shining Hearts, Tsukiuta. THE ANIMATION) is directing the anime at Pierrot+. Yukiko Ibe (Nanatsuiro Drops, Jewelpet Twinkle, Onigiri) is designing the characters.

Other staff members include:

• Sub-Character Designer: Kumiko Onaga
• Art Director: Yuka Hirama
• Art Setting: Hisae Arimoto
• Color Design: Fusako Nakao
• Director of Photography: Yomogiko Murano
• Sound Director: Katsunori Shimizu
• Music: Takeshi Nakatsuka
• Production: GENCO

Ayaka Ōhashi stars in the anime as Saki Uno (pictured left in visual above and below) and Kaito Ishikawa plays Saki as a man. Similarly, Sachika Misawa and Wataru Hatano voices Sakuyo Mikage (pictured right) as a woman and man, respectively.

Aya Hisakawa plays Saki's mother Sayori (pictured below left), and Kazuya Ichijou plays Kokoro-chan (below right), the mascot binding Saki and the others under a magical girl contract.

The additional cast is as follows: (pictured below from left to right):

• Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Mohiro Mikage, a top idol adored by Saki
• Kōji Yusa as Hyōe, a member of the idol unit Star☆Prince with Mohiro
• Showtaro Morikubo as Konami Yamo, Saki and Sakuyo's manager

Ohashi performs the anime's opening theme song "NOISY LOVE POWER☆." STAR ☆ PRINCE, composed of the show's voice actors Toyonaga and Yusa performs the ending theme song "Garasu no Ginga" (Galaxy of Glass).

The manga centers on Saki Uno, a high school girl and rookie idol who has a crush on Mohiro, her best friend's older brother. When Mohiro is kidnapped by demons, Saki hastily makes a shady contract to be able to transform into a magical girl, which transforms her body into that of a handsome man.

Mōkon published the manga in Fusion Product's Comic Be magazine in 2012. Fusion Product published two compiled book volumes for the manga in 2014. The manga received a new serialization in Comic Be in June 2014.

Source: MoCa News