The official website for the Show By Rock!! TV anime adaptation of Sanrio 's mobile rhythm game of the same name unveiled the first animated promotional video for the series on Friday.

Text: A single girl

Text: Wandered into another world.

Text: Now, fates will collide

The website also updated, and unveiled the full staff list.

Takahiro Ikezoe ( Slap Up Party: Arad Senki , Ozma ) is directing the project at animation studio BONES ( Soul Eater Not! , Fullmetal Alchemist ), while Touko Machida is handling series composition. Masaru Oshiro ( Ie Naki Ko Remi , Major ) is designing the characters, while Ryō Hirata ( Appleseed XIII , Chaika the Coffin Princess ) will provide supporting character design and prop design. Fumihiro Katagai ( Chaika the Coffin Princess , Shangri-La ) is credited with concept and mecha design .

The remaining staff is as follows:

The anime will premiere on April 5 at 10:00 p.m. on Tokyo MX and will show every Sunday, with a rerun every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. It will also be shown on the Yomiuri TV and BS11 channels.

Sanrio describes the story of the original game on its website:

Metropolis of music, MIDICITY. A kitty girl wearing gothic lolita clothing named Cyan is scouted by Maple Arisugawa, the president of a music agency. From there, she meets Chuchu (a pun off of the sound that rabbits make) the honor student rabbit girl, a net geek dog girl named Retoree (from "Retriever"), and an alien sheep (?) girl named Moa. Together, they form the band named "Plasmagica," and aim for the top of the world. However, the path there is long and tough, and keeping in high spirits is important. By battling against other strange bands, Plasmagica slowly grows toward a top-grade band. In the end, they'll be a band that becomes the driving force of MIDICITY's music industry... Maybe? Gonna be a music millionaire!

The previously-announced characters include:

Plasmagica

Eri Inagawa ( Pac-World ) as Cyan, the gothic lolita kitty and leader of Plasmagica













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Kouki Uchiyama ( Soul Eater Not! , Nisekoi ) as Aeon, the guitarist









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Saori Hayami ( MM! , Bakuman.) as guitarist and vocalist Un

Trichronika

Mamoru Miyano ( Valvrave the Liberator , Steins;Gate ) as Shū☆zō (seen center in the image above), the guitarist and vocalist for Trichronika





Rina Hidaka ( Ro-Kyu-Bu! , Unlimited Fafnir ) as Logia, the leader of Criticrista, and is in charge of vocals and guitar. Within the student council, she handles the job of secretary and treasurer. Although she has quite the selfish personality, she grasps her fans' hearts with her clever words and gestures.





Ai Kayano ( Dream Eater Merry , Nagi no Asukara ) as Tsukino, a member who handles vocals and keyboard. Within the student council, she is a member of the beautification commitee. Due to her living in the mountains before she entered Midi Junior High, she is quite naive of the workings of society.









Hiromi Igarashi ( Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father! , Amnesia) as Holmy, a girl who handles vocals and bass. She serves as the student council's president. When she entered the school, she was a very normal student, but due to her talent with music she was allowed to enter the celebrity section of the school. She has a serious and worry-wart personality.