The president also prayed for the development of the animation business with a sleeper hold! Report on BS Nittele's "Anime Nichu~" programming announcement press conference with popular voice actors on stage.

A press conference announcing the organization of BS Nittele's anime broadcast slot "Anime ni Muchu~" was held on December 17, 2019, at the Nippon Television Tower.

In October this year, BS Nittele made the first major reorganization of its timetable after 23:00 since its opening, and newly established the anime broadcast slot "Anime ni Muchu~".

At this press conference, under the moderation of Ryo Ito (NTV), an announcer who has been with the company for 3 years and loves anime, it was announced that 7 new anime titles will start broadcasting in the January 2020 season.

First to speak was Yoshio Nakayama, President and Representative Director of BS Nippon Corporation. He commented that the company will enhance its animation slots in order to "attract young people to the BS slots amidst the growing trend of young people turning away from broadcasting. He also expressed his desire to enhance the animation slot, saying, "We would like to contribute to the animation culture by enriching (the programming).

As for future developments, the company announced that it will broadcast seven new animations from the January 2020 season in the same slot that is currently airing 23 works (including four new animations), as well as an initiative with "LINE Manga". The company also announced that "Troubled Old Man" (written by Shinichiro Oe), which is being serialized on a trial basis in the "Frontier Debut Program," a debut program for aspiring manga artists on "LINE Manga Indies," a platform that allows anyone to submit and view original works, will be made into an anime starting in April 2020. The company's board of directors took the podium next.

Mr. Itaru Matsuoka, director and head of the programming bureau of BS Nittele, took the stage next and expressed his enthusiasm, saying, "I want to create the impression that BS Nittele is the place to go to watch anime.

Kazuteru Yamada, General Manager of the Programming Department, took the stage to follow these words. He introduced new anime that will start in January 2020, including "Somari to Mori no Kamisama," "Fictional Reasoning," "Kengan Asura," "BanG Dream! 3rd Season," "number24," "Marumaru Manul," and the recently announced "Hatena Illusion.

The cast members, including Hiroki Nanami as Shizuno in "Somali and the God of the Forest," Akari Kito as Kotoko Iwanaga in "Fictional Reasoning," Tatsuo Suzuki as Ouma Juki in "Kengan Asura," and Aimi as Kasumi Toyama in "BanG Dream! 3rd Season," as well as supporting guests from the women's professional wrestling program "We are STARDOM! We are STARDOM! and a female pro-wrestler Hana Kimura from the women's pro-wrestling program "We are STARDOM!

The speakers talked about the appeal of each title and episodes from the recording sessions.

Mr. Suzuki, who plays the role of Ouma Tokihei in "Kengan Asura," introduced episodes from the postrecording process. He said that not only did he watch the movements of people involved in actual martial arts as he went through the recording process, but he was also subjected to actual techniques and was instructed on how to make the right voice when actually performing the techniques.

On the other hand, he said that the film is a "hybrid work" that combines the fictional aspects of martial arts and how to present it in a way that is not possible in actual martial arts, and that it is a "work in which the voices beat each other up.

Nanami, who will leave the Takarazuka Revue in March 2019 to take on her first voice acting role as Shizuno in "Somali and the God of the Forest," commented, "I didn't know where I was going, but my co-stars helped me get there," and "Working only with voice is so difficult that I realized it was worth the effort. Tatsuo Suzuki also commented, "I was very happy to be a part of this project.

Tatsuo Suzuki also co-starred with Nanami as Yabashira in "Somali. They sat next to each other, and Mr. Suzuki gave Nanami a lot of advice. Nanami recalls how reassuring she was during the recording sessions.

BanG Dream! 3rd Season," Aimi-san, who plays the role of Kasumi Toyama, introduced the work as "a work in which many girl bands are heading for the stage of their dreams. She also asked if she and her co-stars and band members are getting along well with each other since this is the third season of the show. She answered, "Poppin' Party (the girl band that Kasumi Toyama belongs to in the play and that Aimi and the rest of the cast perform in live performances) have been close since the beginning. They have become like a family, showing each other not only their beautiful side but also their human side.

As for the opening theme song, "It has a more serious tone than ever before, so it was difficult to find a way to express it as the energetic Kasumi," she said.

Akari Kito, who plays Kotoko Iwanaga in "Fictional Mystery," appealed that this work is "a completely new mystery" and that "the conversations are interesting. Furthermore, the keyword of this work is "fictional deduction. At first, Ms. Kito did not understand the concept well, but as she read the script, she was convinced. He said that was the interesting point.

Anyway, Kotoko was a character who talked more than ever before, and her mouth would get so tired that it would not turn. However, she got through the recording with advice from Mamoru Miyano, who played her boyfriend Kuro.

Finally, Mr. Yoshio Nakayama surprised Ms. Hana Kimura with a sleeper hold to pray for the development of BS Nittele's animation business! The press conference closed on a high note after the president's performance, in which he put his own body on the line.

For details on the broadcast titles of the "Anime Nimuchu" slot, please refer to the official website.