A report on the advance screening of "Girly Air Force" in which Ryota Osaka, Yuka Morishima, and Run Girls, Run!

An advance screening of the TV anime "Girly Air Force," scheduled to air in January 2019, was held at United Cinemas Aqua City Odaiba on Saturday, January 5.

Girly Air Force" is a light novel (illustrated by Asagi Tohsaka) by Kouji Natsumi, published by Dengeki Bunko (published by KADOKAWA), which is known for its fighter plane action featuring beautiful girls and fighter planes in the sky. Set in a world where mankind is threatened by the mysterious flying object "Zai," the boy-meets-girl story begins when a high school boy, Toshi Narutani, who has escaped from the Zai threat, meets a girl, Gripen, who is a pilot mechanism anima who controls a fighter called Daughter, which is the trump card of mankind. Animation production will be handled by "Satellite," which has produced the "Macross△" and "Symphogear" series.
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An advance screening of the anime "Girly Air Force," which will start airing on January 10, was held at United Cinema Aqua City Odaiba on January 5 (Sat).
In addition to Ryota Osaka playing Toshi Narutani and Yuka Morishima playing Gripen, the OP song "Run Girls, Run! The event was a great success, and the following is a report on the event.

Official Report】 ※Titles omitted

On January 5, 2019 (Sat),an advance screening of the anime "Girly Air Force," which willstart airing on January 10, was held at United Cinema Aqua City Odaiba.After the screening, in addition to the main cast, the voice actressunit "Run Girls, Run!

Based on the novel "Girly Air Force" by Natsumi Kouji, "Girly Air Force" is apopular series ofentertainment novelspublished byDengeki Bunko with nine volumes to date.The illustrations on the cover and inside the book are by Asagi Tohsaka.The story is titled"Bishojo x Fighter Story," and itis abouta group of girls who control air weapons developed to fight the mysterious flying object "ZAI," and a boy who wants to become a pilot.

At this advance screening, the first and second episodes of the anime were shown. Before the screening,Ryota Osaka, who plays themain cast memberKeiNarutani, and Yuka Morishima, who plays Gripen, appeared on stage and talked about their feelings toward the broadcast.

Morishima said, "I wore pink shoes today with Gripen in mind!I hope you will enjoy the power of the fighter planes and other sounds onthe big screen that only an advance screening can provide.When asked about the highlights of the work, Osaka said, "First of all, the opening is reminiscent of 90's anime, with old-fashioned effects. （ The second episode (to be screened today) hasa cute scene ofGripeneating a meal! She excited the audience's anticipation by saying, "The opening scene is reminiscent of 90's anime with old-fashioned effects.

After the screening of episodes 1 and 2, Osaka and Morishima returned to the stage.When asked abouther impression of the character she played, Morishima replied, "Gripen looks cool, but the glimpse of a cute expression on her face is also appealing.

Osakadelved deeper into the appeal ofGripen, saying, "She also speaks in a mature manner, and I think the gap between her appearance and her personality is what makes her so exciting to Toshi.
She added that the recording studio "went out for dinner together every week from about the middle of the recording" andshowed that therecordingwas completed in agood atmosphere.

Morishima also participated in the voice-over unit "Run Girls, Run!will perform the opening theme "Break the Blue! Members Nanami Atsugi and Koko Hayashi also appeared on stage to cheers from the audience.

The lyrics of the song are interspersed with words related to the images of the game, and the song has animpressivemelody with a sense of speed just like the development of the game.The song wasprovided by the sound creator group "I've" (lyrics by RINA, music composed and arranged byKazuya Takase), which is well-known to game fans,and has been a topic of conversation since its release.The performance byRun Girls,Run!

Morishima commented on the opportunity, "It felt like a dream come true to be involved not only as a cast member but also in the theme song.
It was a big deal for me to make it come true with Girly Air Force," she said, expressingher enthusiasm forthe CD release on February 6.
Following the live performance by Run Girls, Run! Following the live performance by Run Girls, Run!

Finally, Aisaka and the other performersclosed the event with a message tothe audience: "I hope I can enjoy the final episode with you all in front of the TV.

Film Information] (*Honorific titles are omitted)
TV animation "Girly Air Force

＜Broadcast Information
TOKYO MX: January 10, 2019 (Thu) 24:30~ (JST)
AbemaTV: January 10, 2019 (Thu) 24:30～
Sun TV: Thursday, January 10, 2019 from 26:00
BS11: Thursday, January 10, 2019 from 25:00
AT-X: Thursday, January 10, 2019 from 23:00
Repeat broadcast: Every (Sat.) 15:00, Every (Sun.) 26:30, Every (Wed.) 7:00

<Cast
Original story: "Girly Air Force" by Kouji Natsumi (Dengeki Bunko)
Director: Katsumi Ono
Series composition: Shingo Nagai
Character Planning：Asagi Tohsaka
Character Design / Chief Animation Supervisor：Toru Imanishi
Mechanical Design and Combat Supervisor：Hiroyuki Okawa
Design Works: Miki Yoshikawa
Art Director：Mayuko Koyama
Art Director: Akiko Kikuchi, Hiroki Matsumoto Color Design: Yori Suzuki
Director of Photography: Go Shimura (T2studio)
Editing: Shuji Matsumoto
CG Director: Hiroyuki Fuji
CG Producer: Takashi Aoya
2D Works: Michiko Nakamura
Sound Director: Tetsu Motoyama
Music Production: Avex Pictures
Music: I've Sound
Animation Production: Satellite

OP/ED Theme
OP: "Break the Blue! Run Girls, Run!
ED: "Colorful☆wing" byGripen (CV: Yuka Morishima), Eagle (CV: Hitomi Owada), Phantom (CV: Shiori Izawa)

<Cast
Toshi Narutani: Ryota Osaka
Gripen: Yuka Morishima
Eagle: Hitomi Owada
Phantom: Shiori Izawa
Song Meika: Lynn

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