Anime about Japanese Temple Pilgrimage to premiere on May 3

Anime studio ufotable announced the cast on Wednesday for its upcoming anime project Ohenro ~Hachi Hachi Aruki~ ( Ohenro . Eighty-Eight Steps Chronicle). The cast will include Nanami Yamashita ( Wake Up, Girls! ) as Mao, Yuri Ehara as Sawa, and Marika Kōno as Megumi. Additionally, ufotable released a commercial on its official YouTube channel introducing main characters and revealing that the show will premiere in Japan on May 3 at 11:15 a.m. on OHK. The episodes will run for 30 minutes each.

" Ohenro " refers to a pilgrim completing the Shikoku pilgrimage traditionally done by foot to eighty-eight Buddhist temples. The anime's story will follows three high school girls as they complete the pilgrimage in commemoration of its 1200 anniversary. The original Ohenro . stories are produced by ufotable . They began last October and new installments are available on the official website every Tuesday. In each installment (like the one pictured below), the girls visit a new location and have a conversation about it.

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