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Sunrise Unveils Original TV Anime Maebashi Witches, to Premiere in April 2025

A website opened on Thursday to reveal Maebashi Witches, which will premiere in April 2025. The website also revealed the anime's first promotional video, visual, main cast, staff, and opening theme song.

The anime's main cast are:

Sakura Kasuga as Yuina Akagi, a cheerful high school freshman, who loves cameras and taking "emotional" photos

Hinano Sakikawa as Azu Niisato, a girl who loves fashion and cosmetics

Rena Motomura as Kyoka Kitahara, a girl from a wealthy family who attends the top high school in the prefecture

Haruka Minami as Choco Mitsumata, a cheerful mood maker girl

Honami Momose as Mai Kamiizumi, a realist girl, but is conscious of what others think about her

Tomokazu Sugita as Keroppe, the mysterious familiar spirit who scouted the five girls to become apprentice witches

The anime's story, set in Maebashi city in Gunma Prefecture, is about the coming-of-age story of five high school girls. First year high school student Yuina Akagi lives an ordinary but unsatisfying everyday life. One day, a mysterious frog named Keroppe scouts her and four other girls to become the "Maebashi Witches." Suddenly, a room closet is connected to a mysterious space that brings the girls to a magical flower shop where they sing, dance, and make other people's wishes come true.

Sunrise is credited for the anime's original work. Kemono Jihen) is deg the characters based on Inami Yū's original character designs.

Additional staff includes:

• Costume Design/Stylist: Miki Aizawa
• Item Design: Tokuhiro Itagaki
• Concept Design: Kentarō Sako
• Prop Design: Yasuhiro Kawai
• Witchverse Design: Yoshiki Imazu
• Color Script: Oswald Katō
• Color Design: Ami Kutsuna
• Art Director: Naoko Akuzawa
• Art Design: Susumu Namura, Tetsuro Kodama
• CG Director: Tetsuro Kodama
• CG Model Director: Shotaro Takahashi
• Editing: Tomoki Nagasaka
• Compositing Director of Photography: Kenji Fujita
• Sound Effects: Hiroki Nozaki
• Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki
• Recording Adjustment: Yūichi Morita
• Music: Yuri Habuka
• Music Production: Bandai Namco Music Live

The five main characters collectively known as the Maebashi Witches will perform the opening theme song "Sugosugi Maebashi Witches!" (Super Amazing Maebashi Witches!). Producer TORIENA composed the song.

Sources: Maebashi Witches anime's website, Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web

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