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Muse Malaysia Licenses Akebi's Sailor Uniform Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Muse Malaysia revealed last Friday that it has licensed the television anime of HIRO's Akebi's Sailor Uniform (Akebi-chan no Sailor Fuku) manga. The company will announce distribution details for the anime at a later date.
The anime will premiere in Japan on January 8 on Tokyo MX, Gunma TV, Tochigi TV, BS11, and MBS, and will premiere on January 9 on BS Asahi. There will be preview screenings on December 25 in Tokyo and December 26 in Osaka.
Miyuki Kuroki (Her Blue Sky, The Idolm@ster SideM) is directing the anime at studio CloverWorks. Rino Yamazaki (production advancement for Medaka Box, screenplay for DARLING in the FRANXX) is both writing and overseeing the series scripts, and Megumi Kouno (animation director for DARLING in the FRANXX, Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia) is designing the characters. Kana Utatane is composing the music.
The 16 cast members of Komichi Akebi's Class 1-3 perform the opening theme song "Hajimari no Setsuna" (The First Moment). Katsuhiko Sugiyama wrote, scored, and arranged the song after doing the same for Nogizaka46 and other musical artists.
The manga follows Komichi Akebi and her classmates at a prestigious girls middle school, following their adolescent lives and their growth.
HIRO launched the manga in 2019 on Shueisha's Tonari no Young Jump website. The manga's ninth compiled volume shipped on October 19. The manga has more than 500,000 copies in print.
