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Kazuma Kawamura, Yuki Tanaka Perform Themes for I Left My A-Rank Party TV Anime

Bandai Namco Filmworks revealed the theme song artists on Saturday for the television anime adaptation of author Kōsuke Unagi and illustrator Super Zombie's I Left My A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths! (A-Rank Party o Ridatsu Shita Ore wa, Moto Oshiego-tachi to Meikyū Shinbu o Mezasu.) light novel series. Kazuma Kawamura from the J-pop group The Rampage from Exile Tribe will perform the theme song "Enter" under the solo name Rei. The song will mark Rei's debut as a solo artist. Yuki Tanaka will perform the ending theme song "Treasure Chest."

The anime will premiere in January 2025 on 30 channels in NTV's network in Japan, and it will run for two consecutive cours (quarters of the year).

The anime stars:

• Hiromu Mineta as Yuke
• Hana Inami as Marina
• Natsumi Kawaida as Silk
• Nene Hieda as Rain

Katsumi Ono (Beast Saga, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, Girly Air Force) is directing the anime at BN Pictures, and Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (Do It Yourself!!, Dropkick on My Devil! X, In the Land of Leadale) is overseeing and writing the series scripts. Masakazu Yamazaki (Augmented Reality Girls Trinary, chief animation director for Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma) is designing the characters and is also one of the chief animation directors along with Akira Takahashi (Birdie Wing -Golf Girls' Story-), Yumiko Hara (Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!), and Ippei Ichii (Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack). Akira Kikuchi (Birdie Wing -Golf Girls' Story-, Brave Beats) is the action animation director and Go Sakabe (Kizuna no Allele , Date A Live series) is composing the music.

Kodansha USA Publishing releases Yūri's manga adaptation digitally, and describes the story:

As far as adventuring goes, supporting your party is a thankless job—even more so if you're just a lowly red mage like Yuke Feldio. So, when he gets fed up with his A-rank party of total a-holes, he ditches them for some former students—a trio of girls who just looove his company. Thing is, to conquer the world's greatest dungeon and achieve his dream, he'll have to teach these cuties a thing or two…and he may just learn there's more potential within him (and them) then he ever knew.

Kodansha debuted Unagi's original light novel series in June 2021. The publisher released the fourth volume on October 2.

Yūri's manga adaptation debuted in June 2021 in Kodansha's Magazine Pocket app. Kodansha published the manga's eighth compiled book volume on September 9.

Source: Press release

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