The debut of the Little Witch Academia TV series scheduled for a January 8th, 2017 premiere is getting closer and now the official social media side of the project has dropped some new material. The two-cour series is now previewing the opening and closing theme songs while showing off some of the animation as well, which certainly doesn’t hurt its case in the slightest for getting people to watch it.
The project sees Yoh Yoshinari directing it with Michiru Shimada handling the series composition. Shuhei Handa is on board as the character designer with Studio Trigger handling the animation. The project is set for full-length episodes with Netflix already set to handle distribution for it.
The Japanese cast includes Megumi Han as Atsuko “Akko” Kagari, Fumiko Orikasa as Lotte Yanson, Michiyo Murase as Sucy Manbavaran, Yōko Hikasa as Diana Cavendish, Arisa Shida as Amanda O’Neill, Rie Murakawa as Constanze von Braunschbank Albrechtsberger, Reina Ueda as Jasminka Antonenko and Noriko Hidaka as Shiny Chariot.
The opening song is “Shiny Ray” from YURiKA while Yuiko Ohara will be performing the ending theme song, “Hoshi wo Tadoreba.”
Plot concept: The show’s story revolves around Akko, who as a child watched the witch Shiny Chariot perform a show, and from then on dreamed of becoming a witch. She enters the Luna Nova Academy, a school for witches that Shiny Chariot attended. In this new town she meets new friends and starts a new school life. At the school she has lessons on riding brooms and the wonder of magic, but Akko and her friends Lotte and Sucy keep getting wrapped up in tumultuous events.
TVアニメ『リトルウィッチアカデミア』は1月8日からTOKYO MX（毎週日曜24:00〜）,BS11（毎週日曜24:30〜）,関西テレビ放送（毎週日曜25:55〜）にて放送となります！！OP/EDの楽曲を使用した番宣CMも公開中です！！ #LWA_jp pic.twitter.com/DacJ2ktyeC
— リトルウィッチアカデミア (@LWA_jp) December 20, 2016
TVアニメ『リトルウィッチアカデミア』EDテーマ「星を辿れば」を使用した番宣CMはこちらです！！ #LWA_jp pic.twitter.com/e47x6ke78N
— リトルウィッチアカデミア (@LWA_jp) December 20, 2016
