Yuasa's work "Don't Mess with the Visual Image Laboratory" to be broadcast on TV from January The visual image, broadcast start date, and theme song information are released!

A new TV anime directed by Masaaki Yuasa, "Don't Mess with the Video Lab!" to be broadcast on NHK from January 2020. The visual image, the broadcast date, and the theme song have been revealed. The visual image, broadcast date, and theme song information have been revealed.

Don't mess with the SEGAKUKEN! is a series of stories about a large child who is a member of the "Monthly Spirits" magazine. Spirits" by Shogakukan. It will be directed by Masaaki Yuasa, known for his unique style in works such as "DEVILMAN crybaby" and "Kimi to, Nami no Norareta", and will be broadcast on NHK General TV from January 2020. Character design is by Naoyuki Asano of "Osomatsu-san" fame, and animation production will be handled by Science SARU, which has produced many of Yuasa's works.

⇒ New anime in winter 2020 directed by Masaaki Yuasa, "Don't Mess with the Visual Image Lab! Main cast revealed!

Visual image unveiled!

In the visual image released this time, various mechas and comments from the members of the Visual Image Laboratory are depicted in a setting that seems to have been created in the mind of Midori Asakusa, who has an abundance of imagination. The design is reminiscent of the days to come at the Institute of Image Arts and their adventures in the "world of the strongest".

Broadcast date set; OP and ED theme songs also unveiled!

The broadcast start date has also been decided. The first episode will be aired on NHK General TV from 24:10 on January 5, 2020 (24:45 in the Kansai region). The broadcast date and time are subject to change.

The OP theme song will be sung by "chelmico," a rap unit that has sung for "Soukenbicha" and other commercials. The ED theme song is "God, I've noticed" by a rock band currently in the spotlight, and its title is "Namae no Nai Ao" (Blue without a name).

Below are comments from "chemico" and Izumi Ryushin of "God, I Have Noticed".

Chelmico's comment (original in Japanese)
I was asked to comment but I still can't verbalize this joy. Isn't it amazing that our own rap can move "Image Kenkyu" by Mr. Sumihito Odo and animation by Masaaki Yuasa? I am proud to have been a part of "The Strongest World. The song traces the emotions of the characters of the "Eizouken" and makes me chew once again on the joy of rapping and the joy of the creator.
Everyone~！！！！！！！ Listen to the awesome song I made~！！！！！！

Izumi Ryushin's comment (original text)
How do you leave traces of your life? For this important question in my life, I chose one solution: making things. I think "Eizouken" gave me an opportunity to reconsider my way of being.
As everyone struggles to leave a trace of their life in their own way, I hope that this song will also be close to someone like that.

Outline of the TV animation
TV animation "Don't mess with the Visual Image Research Institute!
Broadcast: NHK General TV, January 5, 2020, 24:10~ (24:45 in Kansai region)
　(from 24:45 in the Kansai region)
　Broadcasting schedule is subject to change.

＜Staff Information
Original Story: Sumihito Odo
Director : Masaaki Yuasa
Screenplay : Yuichiro Kido
Music : OORUTAICHI
Character design：Naoyuki Asano
Art Director: Masanobu Nomura
Color Designer: Ayauku Nakamura
Director of Photography: Yoshihiro Sekiya
Editing: Shuri Saito
Sound Director: Eriko Kimura
Animation Production: Science SARU
OP Theme: chelmico "Easy Breezy
ED theme：Kamisama, boku ha kikkashita "Namae no nai ao (Blue without a name)

<Cast
Sari Ito as Midori Asakusa
Mutsushin Tamura as Sayaka Kanamori
Misato Matsuoka as Swallow Mizusaki
Yumiri Hanamori plays the role of Domeki
Mikako Komatsu plays the role of Sakaki Sawande
played by Kazuhiko Inoue as Dr. Fujimoto

<Synopsis
Midori Asakusa, a first-year high school student, loves animation so much that she insists that "the setting is the life" of animation. She draws various ideas in her sketchbook, but is unable to take the first step toward animation production because she says she cannot act alone. Sayaka Kanamori, who has a producer's temperament, was the first to notice Asakusa's talent. Furthermore, it turns out that her classmate Mizusaki Tsubame, a charismatic reader model, is actually an aspiring animator, and the three of them decide to establish a visual image laboratory to express the "strongest world" in their brains. ......

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