NHK E-television's new anime for 2016 will be the music-based comedy "Classicaloid!　Directed by Yoichi Fujita of "Gintama

NHK E-television has announced the production of a new anime "Classicaloid" to be broadcast in 2016.

Classicaloid" is an original anime with battles, music, slapstick, warm human-interest stories, and a touch of love. It is an original anime with battles, music, slapstick, warm human-interest stories, and light love. The production team includes Yoichi Fujita, director of the "Gintama" anime series, and Makoto Tsuchibayashi, character designer for the "Sengoku BASARA" series and many other popular games. Sunrise will be in charge of animation production. In addition, top Japanese musicians have arranged pop, rock, techno, and other classic songs to create a new type of animation that is pleasing to both the eye and the ear.

<Classicaloid Synopsis
Beethoven and Mozart appear before Kanae and Sosuke, high school students living in a provincial town that revitalizes itself with music!
The music "musique" played by these two mysterious "Classicaloids" has a strange power... Stars fall, giant robots appear, and every day is a riot!
Bach, Chopin, Schubert, and other Classicaloids appear one after another. What is the great mystery behind their power?
Are the Classicaloids friend or foe of mankind?

#(C) Bach, Chopin, Schubert, and others.

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