Slow Start" will start airing on January 6, 2018! Additional cast information will be released and a special program will be aired just before the broadcast.

The broadcast date and time of the TV anime "Slow Start" has been set for January 6, 2018 (Saturday)!　The latest information including additional cast members and information on a special program just before the broadcast was also announced.

Slow Start" is a popular four-frame manga serialized in "Manga Time Kirara" by Atsumi Tadako. The TV anime version is directed by Hiroyuki Hashimoto, the director of "Is Your Order a Rabbit? The series composition is by Mio Inoue, also of "Is Your Order a Rabbit? and character design by Masato Yasuno of "Fuyuinguicchi. Animation production is by A-1 Pictures of "THE iDOLM@STER" series and "Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai". A-1 Pictures.
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The broadcast date and time was decided to be January 6, 2018 (Saturday) at the Nico Nico Live broadcast special program aired on November 24 (Friday) from 9:00 p.m!　It was also announced that a special program just before the broadcast will be aired on December 30, 2017 (Sat), one week before the start of the broadcast, on TOKYO MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, and BS11,

The cast of previously unannounced characters will be announced, including M.A.O. as Shion Kyozuka, Hanana's cousin who manages the "Temari Heights" apartment building where Hanana lives, Marei Uchida will play the role of Hiroe Hannen, a resident of Temari Heights, and Aimi Numakura will play Kiyose Enami, Hanana's class teacher!　In addition, a character-specific PV video and a second key visual depicting Hanana and her classmates gathered in front of Temari Heights were also released.

＜ New cast information and character introduction PV＞ (*titles omitted)

Shion Kyozuka CV: M・A・O
Hanana's cousin sister.
She is the caretaker of "Temari Heights," the apartment where Hanana lives alone.
She has a kind and gentle personality, and is a bit of a natural.
She has a very patient and patient personality and is very stylish.

HANNEN Hiroe CV: UCHIDA Marie
A resident of Temari Heights, where Hanana lives.
She is a talented and talented woman, and in high school she was the president of her school's student council,
However, a certain incident has made it difficult for her to come out of her apartment.


Kiyose Enami CV: Aimi Numakura
A mathematics teacher at Hoshio Girls' High School. She is in charge of Hanana and her class.
She has a cool, straightforward personality and is slender, stylish, and beautiful.
She is the only one whom Eiko's charm(?) does not work on. Eiko's charm technique(?) doesn't work on her.


The OP theme is "ne! ne! ne!" sung by "STARTails☆", a unit consisting of four main cast members, Reina Kondo, Ayasa Ito, Tomomi Mineuchi, and Maria Naganawa!　The CD is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, January 24, 2018.

The ED theme will be performed by Pantasia of March, a music unit led by vocalist "Mia," whose nostalgic illustrations, video works, and novels based on the music have become the talk of the town.

In addition, the production of a character song album has been decided, and we can look forward to the development of "Slow Start" not only in TV broadcasting but also in the music aspect. Let's look forward to more news.

Theme song information
OP theme: STARTails☆ "ne!
Release date: January 24, 2018 (Wed.)
Price: 1,800 yen (excluding tax)
Specifications: CD + BD (2 CDs), jacket newly designed for the anime

The theme song CD sung by
STARTails☆ (Reina Kondo, Ayasa Ito, Tomomi Mineuchi, and Maria Naganawa), a unit consisting of four main cast members from the TV anime "Slow Start" which will be broadcast from January 2018, is now available!

＜ The songs included in the CD are as follows
Disc1(CD)
1. ne! ne! ne! ne! [lyrics by Yuho Iwasato, music composed and arranged by Yoshimasa Fujisawa] 2.
2. title undecided
3. ne! ne! ne! ne! (Instrumental)
4. title undecided (Instrumental)

Disc2(Blu-ray)
Music video "ne! ne! ne!
Specifications and contents are subject to change without notice.

＜Initial specification benefits
Special illustration box, newly illustrated by Atsumi Tadako, the original author.

ED theme
Pantasia of March" will be chosen as the ED theme!
Pantasia of March official website: #

The production of a character song album has been decided!
Details will be announced at a later date!

Broadcast Information] (*Honorific titles omitted)
TV anime "Slow Start
Broadcast date: January 6, 2018 (Tuesday)!
TOKYOMX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, BS11: Every Saturday from 24:30 on January 6 (Sat.)
Kansai Television: Every Thursday from January 11 (Thu.) at 26:25
TV Aichi: Tuesdays from January 9 (Tue.) at 26:05

<Special program just before the broadcast
TOKYO MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, BS11: Saturday, December 30, 2017 from 24:30

STAFF】 Or iginal story
Original story: Atsumi Tadako (serialized in Houbunsha's "Manga Time Kirara")
Director: Hiroyuki Hashimoto
Series Composition: Mio Inoue
Character Design / Chief Animation Director: Masato Yasuno
Prop Design: Masako Ito
Main Animator: Nobuyoshi Yoshida
Art Director: Katsufumi Hariu
Color Designer: Kanako Hokari
CG Director: Shinji Nasu
Director of Photography: Satoru Kuroiwa
Editing: Ayumi Takahashi
Sound Director: Hitoshi Akutagawa
Sound Effects: Toshiya Wada
Music: Keisho Fujisawa
Music Production: Aniplex
Production: A-1 pictures

CAST
Hanana Ichinose: Reina Kondo
Tamate Momochi: Ayasa Ito
Tokura Eiko: Tomomi Mineuchi
Sengoku Kanna: Maria Naganawa
Shion Kyotsuka: M・A・O
Manyonen: Marei Uchida
Kiyose Enonami: Aimi Numakura