Series to premiere with English subtitles at Seattle's Sakura-Con on April 3

The official website for animation studio Shirogumi Inc. ( Moyashimon , Antique Bakery, Friends: Mononoke Shima no Naki ) and Tablier Communications' original television anime Etotama began streaming a "2D Part edition" promotional video last week. The video introduces the main characters in their "adult modes," as opposed to the super-deformed CGI "pretty modes," which were introduced in an earlier trailer.

Pony Canyon USA will host the anime's English-subtitled premiere at Sakura-Con in Seattle, Washington on April 3. Producers Tetsuya Kinoshita and Ryōsuke Tsuboi will be in attendance.

The cast so far includes:

Rie Murakawa will play Nya-tan, the cat zodiac. She and the other zodiac characters have an "adult mode" and a "pretty mode"

Hiro Shimono will play Takeru Tendo, a high school student who lives in Akihabara.

Sayaka Ohara as Chuutan (mouse)

Eriko Matsui will play Mootan, the cow zodiac character.

Ari Ozawa will play Umatan, the horse zodiac character.

Yumiri Hanamori will play Uritan, the boar zodiac character.

Yuka Aisaka as Usatan (rabbit)

Megumi Toda as Kiitan (monkey)

Mikoi Sasaki as Piyotan (rooster)

Hitomi Nabatame as Shaatan (snake)

Maaya Uchida as Doratan (dragon)

Mai Fuchigami as Meitan (sheep)

Mariko Honda as Inutan (dog)

Yuiko Tatsumi as Shimatan (tiger)

Murakawa is performing the opening theme "Retry☆Rendez-vous." Soruraru BOB, a vocal unit consisting of the main voice actresses, is performing the ending theme.

Kadokawa's Dengeki Daioh magazine launched a manga version of the series in the January 2014 issue. Shirogumi and Tablier Communications are credited with the original work, Takashi Hoshi ( Schäferhund ) and Tōru Zekū ( Trinity x Venus ) are credited with the manga's original story, and Hiroma Hino is drawing the manga.

The manga's story revolves around Nya-tan, the cat of Chinese astrology who wants to become a member of the Chinese zodiac. Nya-tan is simple and suffers from memory loss, and she tries various foolish ways to become a member. She meets Takeru Tendo, a high school student who lives alone in Akihabara, and becomes a freeloader at his house. Little by little, she gets closer to her goal

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Source: Moca News