In commemoration of the broadcast of the TV anime adaptation of Kozue Amano's Amanchu! manga series this summer, newly-recorded drama CDs will be bundled with the special editions of the manga's next 10th and 11th tankobon volume. The former will be published on July 9, then the latter will follow on September 10.

The story of the two-part drama CD will be set in Neo-Venezia, where Amano's previous hit series ARIA took place. It starts when the two protagonists of Amanchu!, Hikari "Pikari" Kohinata and Futaba "Teko" Ooki are transported to the waterway of Neo-Venezia by a mysterious phenomenon. The original manga author Amano assists in creating the plot.

The scenario is written by Deko Akao, who also works on the Amanchu! TV anime, and Junichi Sato, the director of both ARIA and Amanchu! anime series, serves as the recording director. The previously-

announced TV anime cast will play their characters in the drama CD as well.

And it is also confirmed that a collaboration event featuring both series is scheduled to be held at Harmony

Hall Zama in Kanagawa Prefecture on June 12. Details of the event will be announced soon.

"Amanchu!" TV anime main voice cast:

Hikari Kohinata: Eri Suzuki (Milinda Brantini in Heavy Object)

Futaba Ooki: Ai Kayano (Meiko "Menma" Honma in Anohana)

Ai Ninomiya: Saori Ohnishi (Aiz Warenstein in Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?)

Makoto Ninomiya: Yuichiro Umehara (Eugene Sevenstark in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans)

Mato Katori: Shizuka Ito (Haruka Morishima in Amagami SS)

Cha-Komon: Yurika Kubo (Chie Satonaka in Ooya-san wa Shishunki!)

Kino Kohinata: Kikuko Inoue (Belldandy in Oh My Goddess!)

"Amanchu!" TV anime PV

"Amanchu!" manga 1st and 9th tankobon covers

"ARIA" manga Perfect Edition 1st and 2nd volume covers

Source: "Amanchu!" TV anime official website