Spring Anime "Tsuki ga Kirei" Announces Character Settings & Cast Information!　Shoya Chiba, Yoshimi Ohara, Takumi Hira, Rie Murakawa

Cast information has been released for the TV anime "Tsuki ga Kirei," which will start in April 2017.

Tsuki ga Kirei" is an original TV anime that depicts the shaky thoughts and love stories of adolescent junior high school students. Directed by Seiji Kishi of "Arpeggio Ars Nova", composed and written by Yuko Kakihara of "Digimon Adventure tri. The production team is composed by Yuko Kakihara of "Digimon Adventure tri. and "There's a problem in this art club! and "There is a problem in this art club!
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This time, the anime setting drawings and character introductions of the four main characters have been released. The cast was also announced, with Shoya Chiba playing Kotaro Azumi, the head of the literature club and an aspiring novelist; Yoshimi Obara playing Akane Mizuno, a short-distance runner in the track club; Atsushi Tamaru playing Takumi Hira, the head of the track club; and Rie Murakawa playing Chinatsu Nishio, also in the track club.

It was also announced that a stage event will be held at AnimeJapan 2017. In addition to the four cast members, Director Kishi and Producer Ken Minami will appear on stage. For more information on the event, please visit the official AnimeJapan2017 website ( # ).

Event Information] (*Honorifics omitted)
Special stage right before "Tsuki ga Kirei" broadcast
Date and Time: Saturday, March 25, 2017, 11:35-12:15
Location: BLUE Stage
Appearance: Shoya Chiba, Yoshimi Ohara, Atsushi Tamaru, Rie Murakawa, Director Seiji Kishi, Producer Ken Minami, etc.


【Characters】 （※敬称略略）

Kotaro Azumi (CV: Shoya Chiba)
He loves books and is beginning to think that he would like to become a novelist. He is the head of the Literature Club.
He was born, raised, and worked in his hometown to a father and mother who is a housewife. He was brought up with close ties to his neighborhood and neighbors, and from an early age was forced to practice playing the flute, drums, and dancing in a festival music group at a nearby shrine.
He lives in a house built by his grandparents. He is an only child.
He is laid-back and does not seem to be influenced by his surroundings.
She is not very active in her studies and her grades are in the bottom half of the class.
She does not stand out much in her class.

Akane Mizuno (CV: Yoshimi Obara)
She has loved running since she was a child and has been a member of the track club since junior high school. She specializes in short-distance running.
She moved to Kawagoe in the 5th grade of elementary school with her father, who was transferred to another city. She lives in an apartment.
He grew up with a cheerful father, a cheerful mother, and a sister who is two years older than him.
He is a serious person at heart, so he studies hard and achieves good academic results.
On the other hand, she is also a shy person and struggles to read the atmosphere around her at school and other places.
She is nervous, and now uses a mascot of a potato to relieve her nervousness.
He uses a mascot of a potato as a spell to relieve his nervousness.

Takumi Hira (CV: Atsushi Tamaru)
He is the head of the track and field club.
He is a sportsman who is a true scholar and a warrior, and has competed in the prefectural short-distance race since he was a freshman.
He is a person of character who is naturally attentive to those around him and can be relied upon.
He has been thinking about Akane, who is a member of the same track team as him since their freshman year, but he has never told anyone about it, including Akane (everyone but Akane is somewhat aware of it).

Chinatsu Nishio (CV: Rie Murakawa)
Belongs to the track and field club. Specializes in short-distance running.
Together with Akane and Aoi Takizawa, a long jumper, she is one of the three girls in the third year of the track and field club, and they are best friends.
They are popular with both men and women alike because of their cheerful, innocent, and friendly nature, and they are able to interact with anyone in a cheerful manner.
She has a tendency to "want what others have," and often says, "I like it, give me some!