The TV anime adaptation of Hiro’s Akebi’s Sailor Uniform manga revealed the key visual, the first promotional video and main cast. The series also confirmed its debut in January 2022.
The series follows Komichi Akebi and her classmates at a prestigious girls middle school, following their adolescent lives and their growth. Her Blue Sky director Miyuki Kuroki is directing the anime at studio CloverWorks. DARLING in the FRANXX screenplay Rino Yamazaki is working on the series composition.
▍1st PV
▍Character Design
■ Komichi Akebi – CV: Manatsu Murakami
■ Erika Kizaki – CV: Sora Amamiya
■ Tōko Usagihara – CV:Akari Kitō
■ Tomono Kojō – CV: Shion Wakayama
▍Synopsis
Komichi Akebi lives out in the countryside with her family. She’s won entrance to the prestigious Roubai Academy middle school for girls and now she wants only two things—to wear the school’s sailor uniform and to make a hundred friends!
▍Staff and Production
Original Works: Hiro [Serialized at Shueisha’s Tonari no Young Jump]
Director: Miyuki Kuroki
Series Composition: Rino Yamazaki
Character Design: Megumi Kouno
Sub-Character Designer: Taishi Kawakami, Masato Anno
Chief Animation Director: Megumi Kouno, Taishi Kawakami, Masato Anno
Art Setting: Yoshinori Shiozawa
Art Director: Kushiro Usui, Yasunao Moriyasu
Color Design: Asuka Yokota
Director of Photography: Yūki Kawashita (MADBOX)
3D Director: Yohei Miyahara
Character Retouch: Capsule
Editing: Akari Saitō (Mishima Editing Room)
Music: Kana Utatane
Audio Director: Takatoshi Hamano
Animation: CloverWorks
▍Cast
■ Komichi Akebi – CV: Manatsu Murakami
■ Erika Kizaki – CV: Sora Amamiya
■ Tōko Usagihara – CV: Akari Kitō
■ Tomono Kojō – CV: Shion Wakayama