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Interviews with Monster Girls/Demi-chan wa Kataritai TV Anime's Teaser Introduces Characters
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The official website for the television anime of of Petosu's comedy manga Interviews with Monster Girls (Demi-chan wa Kataritai) updated with a teaser promotional video and character visuals on Saturday. The video introduces the characters:
The characters introduced (in the order shown in the video) are:
Kyōko Machi the dullahan
Yuki Kusakabe the snow woman
Sakie Satō the succubus
Himari Takanashi the human twin sister of Hikari
Tetsuo Takahashi the biology teacher
Kodansha Comics announced that it will start publishing the manga in English this November, and it describes the story:
Monsters of legend walk among us, going by the name “demi-humans.” Ever since he's discovered the “demis,” one young man has become obsessed with them. So when he gets a job as a teacher at a high school for demi-girls, it's a dream come true! But these demis, who include a rambunctious vampire, a bashful headless girl, and a succubus, have all the problems normal teenagers have, on top of their supernatural conditions. How to handle a classroom full of them?!
Ryo Ando (chief episode director for both seasons of GATE) is making his directorial debut with the series at A-1 Pictures. Takao Yoshioka (Elfen Lied, Ikki Tousen, The Familiar of Zero) is both writing and overseeing the scripts. Tetsuya Kawakami (The Asterisk War: The Academy City on the Water) is designing the characters, and Masaru Yokoyama (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, Garakowa -Restore the World-, BBK/BRNK) is composing the music.
Other staff members include:
Art Director: Katsufumi Hariu
Color Design: Misako Akama
Director of Photography: Yohei Miyawaki
CG Director: Shinji Nasu
Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
The anime will premiere in January and will air on Tokyo MX, MBS, and BS11. Earlier on Saturday, a 15-second commercial debuted on the giant Sony Vision Shibuya screen at Tokyo's Shibuya district. Also in Shibuya, the HMV & Books Tokyo store's Comic Space area is displaying a life-size figure of Kyōko Machi until September 23. The figure will then go on tour throughout the country.
そして!つい先日「亜人ちゃんアニメ化広報大使」に就任したばかりの町京子等身大フィギュアが、MODI渋谷7Fの「HMV&BOOKS TOKYO」に緊急来店!!明日はマッチーにも会いに来てください! #亜人ちゃん #デミちゃん pic.twitter.com/DqQfzkBNtV
— 亜人ちゃんは語りたい (@demichan_anime) September 9, 2016
アニメ化広報大使のマッチーこと町京子等身大フィギュアが、MODI渋谷7F「HMV&BOOKS TOKYO」に到着! 開店からお披露目ですのでぜひ会いに来てくださいー!きょうのマッチーは笑顔!エヘヘのへ! #亜人ちゃん #デミちゃん pic.twitter.com/qtxvYoJXUT
— 亜人ちゃんは語りたい (@demichan_anime) September 10, 2016
Kodansha published the manga's third volume in Japan on March 18, and the three volumes have over 550,000 copies in print. The fourth volume will ship on September 20.
Thanks to Dennis R for the embedded video.
Source: Comic Natalie
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