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Muse Asia Licenses Dandadan, 7th Prince, The New Gate Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Muse Asia revealed last Friday and on Monday that it has licensed the Dandadan, I Was Reincarnated as the 7th Prince, and The New Gate anime. Muse Asia is streaming an English-subtitled trailer for Dandadan. Muse Asia will reveal streaming details for the anime at a later date.
Viz Media publishes the manga in English, and it describes the story:
A nerd must fight powerful spirits and aliens all vying for the secret power of his “family jewel,” so who better to fight alongside him than his high school crush and a spirit granny?!Momo Ayase and Okarun are on opposite sides of the paranormal spectrum regarding what they'll believe in and what they won't. Their quest to prove each other wrong leads them down a path of secret crushes and paranormal battles they'll have to participate in to believe!
Momo Ayase strikes up an unusual friendship with her school's UFO fanatic, whom she nicknames “Okarun” because he has a name that is not to be said aloud. While Momo believes in spirits, she thinks aliens are nothing but nonsense. Her new friend, meanwhile, thinks the exact opposite. To settle matters, the two set out to prove each other wrong—Momo to a UFO hotspot and Okarun to a haunted tunnel! What unfolds next is a beautiful story of young love…and oddly horny aliens and spirits?
The anime stars:
- Shion Wakayama as Momo Ayase
- Natsuki Hanae as Okarun
- Mayumi Tanaka as Turbo-Granny
- Kazuya Nakai as Alien Serpo
Fūga Yamashiro (Tatami Time Machine Blues assistant director) is directing the anime at Science Saru, and Hiroshi Seko (Attack on Titan The Final Season, Chainsaw Man, Jujutsu Kaisen, Mob Psycho 100) is supervising and writing the series scripts. Composer Kensuke Ushio (Chainsaw Man, DEVILMAN crybaby, Liz and the Blue Bird) is scoring the music. Naoyuki Onda (Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway, Berserk: The Golden Age Arc) is designing the characters, and Yoshimichi Kameda (Mob Psycho 100) is designing the aliens and supernatural entities.
Kodansha USA Publishing licensed the manga, and it describes the story:
Prince Lloyd wasn't always a prince...in fact, his previous life is one he remembers perfectly: he was a sorcerer, of sorts. So when he was forced to reincarnate, he decided to continue his studies, prince of the realm or no! But his new life has its own sets of challenges...including being a 10-year-old! What's the 7th prince/sorcerer to do?!
Jin Tamamura (The Girl in Twilight) is directing the anime at Tsumugi Akita Anime Lab. R.O.N (STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION) is composing the music for the anime. Naoki Tozuka (Meiji Gekken: 1874) is handling the script, series composition, and art management. Yuuichi Abe (Dimension High School) is the action director. Mai Ono (Yo-kai Watch: The Movie) is the color key artist. Yuki Yano is the compositing director of photography. Ryo Tanaka (Seitokai Yakuindomo) is the sound director at Ai Addiction.
Kaede Higuchi performs the opening song "Kyunrious." Akane Kumada will perform the ending theme song "Happy no Himitsu" (The Secret of Happiness).
One Peace Books is releasing the novels' manga adaptation digitally and physically, and it describes the manga's first volume:
THE NEW GATE―an online game transformed into a life-and-death struggle for its players. Thanks to the valiant efforts of Shin, the most powerful of them all, an end to the game and freedom for everyone seemed within reach. But just moments after Shin defeats the game's final boss, he finds himself bathed in an unknown light and transported some 500 years into the future of the in-game world. Thrown from a simple game gone wrong into a strange new land, one young swordsman of unrivalled strength is about to embark on a legendary journey!
Tamaki Nakatsu (Eyeshield 21: The Phantom Golden Bowl film) is directing the anime at Yokohama Animation Lab and Cloud Hearts. Hiroki Uchida (Gamers!, The Strongest Sage With the Weakest Crest) is in charge of the series scripts, and Itsuki Takemoto (animation director for KanColle, Naruto Shippūden) is designing the characters. Tatsuhiko Saiki, Yūya Mori, Misaki Tsuchida, and Tsugumi Tanaka are composing the music. Mika Okasaki is performing the anime's ending theme song "Kanataboshi."
