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Muse Asia Licenses A Sign of Affection, Wind Breaker Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Muse Asia announced on Wednesday and Thursday that it has acquired the license for the television anime of Suu Morishita's A Sign of Affection (Yubisaki to Renren) manga, and the television anime of Satoru Nii's Wind Breaker manga. It will announce distribution details for both anime at a later date. Muse Asia is streaming two trailers for A Sign of Affection.
Kodansha USA Publishing licensed and is releasing the manga digitally in English. Kodansha USA describes the manga's story:
Yuki is a typical college student, whose world revolves around her friends, social media, and the latest sales. But when a chance encounter on a train leads to her meeting friend-of-a-friend and fellow student Itsuomi-san, her world starts to widen. But even though Itsuomi-kun can speak three languages, sign language isn't one of them. Can the two learn to communicate the budding feelings between them?
The anime stars:
- Sumire Morohoshi as Yuki Itose
- Yū Miyazaki as Itsuomi Nagi
- Takeo Ōtsuka as Ōshi Ashioki
- Ryota Ohsaka as Kyōya Nagi
- Kaede Hondo as Rin Fujishiro
- Nao Tōyama as Ema Nakazono
- Tasuku Hatanaka as Kokoro Iyanagi
Yūta Murano (Kakushigoto, Brave Beats) is in charge of storyboards, and is also directing the anime at Ajia-do. Yoko Yonaiyama (Uma Yuru, Ya Boy Kongming!) is overseeing and writing the series scripts. Kasumi Sakai (Animation Director for Love Live! Sunshine!!) is designing the characters, and Yukari Hashimoto (March comes in like a lion, Komi Can't Communicate, Am I Actually the Strongest?) is composing the music.
Japanese band Novelbright is performing the anime's opening theme song "Yuki no Oto" (The Sound of Snow), and musical group ChoQMay is performing the ending theme song "snowspring."
Toshifumi Akai (Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia) is directing the anime at CloverWorks. Hiroshi Seko (Attack on Titan, Jujutsu Kaisen) is handling the series composition. Taishi Kawakami (Akebi's Sailor Uniform) is designing the characters. Ryō Takahashi (Arifureta - From Commonplace to World's Strongest) is composing the music.
Kodansha USA Publishing licensed the manga and has been releasing it digitally in English since spring of 2022. It is now also publishing the series in print. The company describes the manga:
An adrenaline-filled manga set in a high school for delinquents who are now heroes protecting their town. A fierce, new student arrives at the school determined to fight his way to the top and become the strongest of them all. This edgy, action-packed manga is guaranteed to excite fans of Tokyo Revengers and other stories about high school delinquents.Haruka Sakura wants nothing to do with weaklings—he's only interested in the strongest of the strong. He's just started at Furin High School, a school of degenerates known only for their brawling strength—strength they use to protect their town from anyone who wishes it ill. But Haruka's not interested in being a hero or being part of any sort of team—he just wants to fight his way to the top!
The series stars:
- Yūma Uchida as Haruka Sakura
- Kōki Uchiyama as Kyо̄tarо̄ Sugishita
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Hayato Suо̄
- Yūichi Nakamura as Hajime Umemiya
- Ryōta Suzuki as Tōma Hiragi
- Shōya Chiba as Akihiko Nirei
Source: Muse Asia's Facebook page and YouTube channel (link 2)
