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1st Yuruyuri Spinoff Ōmuro-ke Anime Film Streams 1st 6 Minutes
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Bandai Namco Filmworks revealed the first six minutes of Ōmuro-ke dear sisters, the first of two "mid-length" theatrical anime of Namori's Ōmuro-ke (The Ōmuro Family) spinoff manga for her Yuruyuri manga, on Friday. The below video will be available until July 18.
Ōmuro-ke dear friends, the second film, will premiere on June 21. Voice actresses Emiri Katō, Chiwa Saitō, and Rina Hidaka are performing an insert song titled "My Sunny Side!" for the film as their respective characters. Voice actresses Chiwa Saitō, Sumire Uesaka, Nao Tōyama, and Aoi Yūki are performing the ending theme song "Patchwork et Cetera!" as their characters.
The first film premiered on February 2. The two anime films are each 40 minutes in length.
The main cast includes Chiwa Saitō as eldest sister Nadeshiko Ōmuro, Emiri Katō as middle child Sakurako Ōmuro, and youngest sister Rina Hidaka as Hanako Ōmuro. All three are reprising their roles from past Yuruyuri anime.
Additional cast includes:
- Reo Kurachi as Kokoro Ogawa
- Ayasa Itō as Mirai Sōma
- Aoi Koga as Misaki Takasaki
- Suzuko Mimori as Himawari Furutani
- Sumire Uesaka as Megumi Sonokawa
- Nao Tōyama as Ai Miwa
- Aoi Yūki as Miho Yaeno
Naoyuki Tatsuwa (Nisekoi, Monogatari Series Second Season, Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World) is directing and handling the storyboards at Passione and Studio Lings. Masahiro Yokotani (Sakura Quest, Free! Eternal Summer, The Devil Is a Part-Timer!) is supervising and writing the scripts. Kazuyuki Ueda (Kinmoza! Kiniro + Mosaic, Hinako Note, BanG Dream!) is designing the characters. Yūsuke Shirato (In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki, Lost Song) is composing the music. Lantis is credited for music production.
The main Yuruyuri manga inspired three television anime seasons. The manga also inspired the Yuruyuri Nachu Yachumi! original video anime, which received the two-episode Yuruyuri Nachu Yachumi!+ television anime sequel before the third season debuted in 2015. The manga inspired a 10th anniversary original video anime (OVA) project in November 2019, as well as the Miniyuri net anime in September 2019.
Source: Press release
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