A new original series has been announced with The Promised Seventh Night Matsuri now set for a July 7th, 2018 debut as part of the summer season. This one looks like it’s a one-off special/movie that will be getting YouTube streaming and something of a Tanabata related project since it hits the same day. The show has Kazuya Murata directing it with XFLAG Studio handling the scripts and production with Yokohama Animation Lab. Senbon Umishima is working on the character designs that Majiro created.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Sōma Saitō as Shoma MiharaNozomi Yamamoto as Shiori Senozawa
- Tomomi Mineuchi as Kanna
- Daiki Yamashita as Atsushi Fujii
- Sayaka Senbongi as Kaori Senozawa
- Ayaka Fukuhara as Kogetsuhime
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Plot Concept: The show focuses on Shoma Mihara, a first-year high school student. Shoma hasn’t seen his good friend Atsushi in 3.5 years, ever since they lost contact with each other after elementary school. One day, Atsushi gets in contact with Shoma to invite him to a rare festival, so they can meet up and talk. Shoma goes to the “Tanabata Seven Night Festival” deep in the mountains, but Atsushi is not there. Instead, a girl named Shiori who also has a person she wants to meet is there. The festival’s program manager Kanna suggests that he stay until the festival is over, and so Shoma and Shiori help Kanna prepare for the festival. Shoma and Shiori then get wrapped up in some strange events happening in the town.
[Source: ANN]
