It has been confirmed that a new live-broadcasting TV anime Mahou Shoujo? NariaGirls created with real-time live animation software "Kigurumi Live Animator KiLA" is set to premiere on Tokyo MX and Sun TV on July 6. The official website for the software using motion capture system to animate CG characters in real-time was launched in October 2015. NariaGirls is the first regular commercial TV anime created with it.

Kotaro Ishidate, who previously worked on gdgd Fairies, Tesagure! Bukatsu-mono, and Q Transformers: Kaettekita Convoy no Nazo, is attached to direct and also servers as the series composition writer. Japanese illustrator Okazu Misoyama designs the anime characters, and he has posted a newly-drawn illustration featuring the main three girls on his Twitter.

The title "NariaGirls" is a Japanese pun for "Nariagaru" (rising in the world). The story centers on three

girls: Urara, Hanabi and Inaho, who decide to make an anime series by themselves to become nationally

popular characters. The theme that they choose to gain broad popularity from children to adult anime

fans is "Magical Girl." Will they be able to produce a one-cour magical girl anime successfully and become

popular characters?

Main visual

Illustration posted by the character designer Okazu Misoyama

PV for the "Kigurumi Live Animator KiLA" software

Source: "Mahou Shoujo? NariaGirls" TV anime official website

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