We learned recently that a new work to celebrate the 55th-anniversary of Tatsunoko is on tap for the winter 2019 season with a January premiere scheduled for Egao no Daika. The information about the project has been coming out pretty regularly and now we have a new 15-second and 30-second pair of spots that showcases the series and a January 4th, 2019 premiere on WOWOW before going to Tokyo MX on the 7th. The project has Toshimasa Suzuki directing based on the scripts from Shinichi Inotsume. With NOB-C on board for the original character designs, Naoto Nakamura is handling the adaptation for this. Obviously, Tatsunoko is handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Yumiri Hanamori as Yūki Soleil
- Saori Hayami as Stella Shining
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Joshua Ingram
- Rina Satou as Reira Etoile
- Nobutoshi Canna as Harold Miller
- Ryotaro Okiayu as Izana Langford
- Makoto Koichi as Yuni Vanquish
- Junya Enoki as Lune Vanquish
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: On a planet far from Earth, there is a kingdom full of smiling faces. Princess Yūki is 12 years old, and about to enter a sensitive age in a person’s life. Everyday, she cries, laughs, and sometimes, her heart throbs with excitement. All the while, she lives merrily in the royal palace. Filling her days with color are her loyal vassals: her tutor Reira, Izana who assists in political affairs, the leader of the chivalry Harold … and then, there is her childhood friend and aide Joshua.
“Yūki! If you have spirit and guts, you can do anything!”
“…No, not this again! Joshua, be nobler!”
Stella is 17 years old and a capable, reserved soldier. However, she is always smiling … for smiling is essential to living.
This is a story of two girls born on distant planets.