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Sentai Filmworks Licenses Beautiful Bones -Sakurako's Investigation- Anime
posted on by Karen Ressler
Sentai Filmworks announced on Monday that it has licensed the Beautiful Bones -Sakurako's Investigation- (Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru or A Corpse is Buried Under Sakurako's Feet.) television anime. The company plans to release the series on home video.
The series will premiere in Japan on October 7 on Tokyo MX and Crunchyroll will stream the series as it airs in Japan.
Makoto Katō (episode director for Aldnoah.Zero, Btooom!, Servant × Service) is directing the series at studio TROYCA (both seasons of Aldnoah.Zero). Makoto Bessho (episode director for Attack on Titan, Death Note) is serving as assistant director, Takayo Ikami (Yuri Kuma Arashi, Penguindrum) is handling the series composition, and Michio Satō (Viper's Creed, Tenchi Muyo GXP) is serving as both character designer and chief animation director. TECHNOBOYS PULCRAFT GREEN-FUND will perform the ending theme song and is also composing the music for the series. TRUE is performing the opening theme song "Dear answer."
Author Shiori Ōta and illustrator Tetsuo's original mystery light novel series revolves around Shōtarō Tatewaki and Sakurako Kujyō. Shōtarō is a normal high school student with a serious demeanor. Sakurako is an extraordinarily beautiful woman in her mid-20s from a rich family who loves "beautiful bones." The two live in the city of Asahikawa in Hokkaido, and they get involved in various incidents regarding bones.
