TV anime "Subaru of the Seven Stars," which will start airing in July 2018, reveals its first key visual! Production staff and broadcast information has also been released!

The first key visual, character illustrations, and broadcast information for the TV anime "Subaru of the Seven Stars," which will start airing in July 2018, have been released.

SUBARU of the Seven Stars" is a TV anime based on Noritake Tao's popular light novel (character design by Buta, published by Shogakukan's "GAGAGA Bunko").

In the MMORPG "Union," which once enjoyed worldwide popularity, a party of elementary school students named "SUBARU" became legendary. However, when the game is over, the member of "Subaru," Princess Asahi, dies in real life as well. ≪The "Union" was shut down and the members of "SUBARU" were scattered. Six years later... Six years later, former "SUBARU" member Yohsho logs into the new "Reunion" and is reunited with his childhood friend Asahi Hime, who was supposed to have died there. Is she an electronic ghost, or...?　The director of the TV anime version is the same director who directed "Seriously Otaku English! Ribon-chan the TV" and "Kakushi Sensei Q"; series composition by Takao Yoshioka of "Konohana Kitan" and "April is Your Lie"; character design and chief animation director by Yumiko Yamamoto of "Konohana Kitan" and "Danganronpa 3 The End of Hope Gakuen Zetsubou Hen". The animation production will be handled by Lerche, an up-and-coming animation studio that produced "Hakumei to Mikochi" and "Kino's Journey - the Beautiful World - the Animated Series".
⇒2018 Summer Anime

The first key visual of the work has been released!　Character illustrations and broadcast information have also been released.

In addition, a campaign is underway on the official Twitter ( # ) to win a signed poster and other prizes. In addition, in early June, "Subaru of the Seven Stars: Gilmen Night (tentative)" will be broadcast on Nico Nico Live Broadcast and Chinese bilibili live broadcast. In this program, the main cast will be announced, the world premiere promotional video will be unveiled, and a variety of other programs related to the work are planned.

Character Information

Haruto Amou
He was the vanguard of Subaru and the central character who was positive about everything. After the death of Princess Asahi, he spends the next six years in a state of emptiness.
Sense = Fighting Spirit: Manipulates the aura that flows through the body. He is an excellent attacker and defender.

Kuga Asahi
Subaru's rearguard. She dies during game play.
Sense = Shin Kanade: A sense that works on people's hearts. Asahi's unique sense, Profæta, is said to be the ultimate form of this sense.

Usui Satsuki
A tomboyish girl who used to be in the vanguard of Subaru's team. She has always cared for the heartbroken Yōshō.
Sense = Magic: A sense that manifests magic when contracted with and used by spirits. The number of spirits that can be contracted depends on the aptitude of each individual.

Takanori Mikado
Subaru's vanguard, always a calm boy. He has a fondness for Princess Asahi and comes to hate Yōshō after the incident.
Sense = Tenri: The sense that governs reason in the world. In addition to analysis and decomposition, it is also capable of transferring matter if it is mastered.

Nozomi Kusaka
A shy girl in Subaru's rear guard, six years later she is a reader model for a magazine.
Sense = dream border: the sense of turning imagination into reality. It depends on the power of imagination, and the ability to manifest it varies greatly from person to person.

Clive Wivaldi
Subaru's rearguard. He is a childhood friend and the only one who has logged in from abroad. He has an elusive, free-spirited personality.
Sense = changeable: The sense to change the nature and attributes of things. Many of the players have a sense of the unexpected.

Elysia
A mysterious girl who appears before Yohsho and his friends. She seems to know something about the appearance of Princess Asahi. ......?
Sense = Shin Kanade: Sense that works on people's hearts. Elysia's unique sense, "Kokoroi Seijin," has the power to seal the other person's sense.

[Work information] (*Honorifics omitted.)
Subaru of the Seven Stars

＜Broadcast Information
TBS: Every Thursday from July 5, 2018 at 25:58
BS-TBS: Every Saturday from July 7, 2018 at 25:30
*Broadcast times are subject to change.

<Story
The elementary school student party "Subaru" became legendary in the MMORPG "Union," which once enjoyed worldwide popularity. However, the game is over and Princess Asahi dies in reality at the same time. ≪The "Union" was shut down and the members of "Subaru" were scattered. Six years later... Six years later, a high school student named Yohsho logs into the new "Reunion" and is reunited with his childhood friend, Princess Asahi, who was supposed to have died there. Is she an electronic ghost, or...?
This is a story of "promise" between childhood friends spun in an online game. Please look forward to it...!

＜Staff Information
Original story: "SUBARU ON THE SEVEN STARS" Volumes 1-6 are now on sale (Shogakukan "GAGA BUNKO")
Author: Noritake Tao Character Design: Buta
Director: Yoshito Nishoji
Series composition: Takao Yoshioka
Character Design / Chief Animation Director: Yumiko Yamamoto
Animation Production: Lerche


(C) Noritake Tao, Shogakukan / "SUBARU" Production Committee