Crunchyroll has another pickup for the winter 2018 season as they’ve announced today the acquisition of the Märchen Mädchen anime property. The show brought its first episode out at 11:00 am ET today and will have new episodes the same day going forward. Availability for it is decent as it’s open to viewers in North America, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Scandinavia, South Africa, Netherlands and Latin America.
The show has set Hisashi Saitou as the chief director with Shigeru Ueda as the hands-on director. Yuuki Morikawa is handling the character designs with Hoods Entertainment handling the animation.
The Japanese cast includes Tomori Kusonoki as Hazuki Kagimura, Rie Suegara as Shizuka Tsuchimikado, Lynn as Yumilia Qazan, Rina Hidaka as Lynne Daves, Airi Ohtsu as Maria Rasputin, Ai Kakuma as Agathe Arier, Maya Yoshioka as Li Xuemei, and Yuna Kamakura as Mahakali.
The first volume landed in February 2017 and the second in June, which is based on the original plans by the creator that were drafted prior to his death.
Plot Concept: This is a story about girls (called “Maedchen”) who are selected by “Origin”. They attend school of witchcraft located all over the world to wield their magic and become first-rate “Origin Masters”. Their goal is to win at the annual Hexennacht competition, where representatives of each school compete in their abilities to wield their magic. The winner of the competition gets to have one wish magically granted. Due to lack of members, there were concerns that Japan might not be able to attend the annual competition this year. However, things start to change when one day Shizuka Tsuchimikado, the leader of Japan meets Hazuki Kagimura, a high school student who loves reading and daydreaming. For some reason, Hazuki, a loner who doesn’t have many friends is chosen by the Origin “Cinderella” which possesses strong power. She begins her new life at school of witchcraft. The girls practice to wield their magic with “Cinderella” to win the championship while sometimes they enjoy soaking in hot spring baths; their battles are about to start!
