We learned in July 2019 that an anime adaptation of Sumito Owara’s manga series Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! had set for a winter 2020 premiere. With most of the basics out there but not a lot of promotion, the official site has now revealed a January 5th, 2020 debut for the series. Check out the new key visual below the cast information as well. The series has Masaaki Yuasa directing from the scripts he’s supervising. Naoyuki Asano is handling the character designs with Science SARU studio handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Sairi Itō as Midori Asakusa
- Mutsumi Tamura as Sayaka Kanamori
- Misato Matsuoka as Tsubame Mizusaki
- Yumiri Hanamori as Doumeki
- Mikako Komatsu as Sowande Sakaki
- Kazuhiko Inoue as Mr. Fujimoto
Check out the visuals for the first three characters below as well as the actors, noting that this role is Ito’s debut.
アニメ「映像研には手を出すな！」メインキャスト発表！
浅草みどり 役：#伊藤沙莉 さん
金森さやか 役：#田村睦心 さん
水崎ツバメ 役：#松岡美里 さん
百目鬼 役：#花守ゆみり さん
さかき・ソワンデ 役：#小松未可子 さん
藤本先生 役：#井上和彦 さんhttps://t.co/E3y7m8jRhx— NHKアニメ (@nhk_animeworld) October 25, 2019
🎥本ビジュアル完成！✏️
浅草みどりの頭の中で創られたような設定風景の中に、さまざまなメカや映像研のメンバーのコメントが一緒に描かれた、本ビジュアルが公開！TVアニメの放送は
📺1月5日（日）24:10～ 関西地方は24:45～
NHK総合テレビにて放送開始!!#映像研 #eizouken_anime pic.twitter.com/e0A5QlVf9z
— TVアニメ「映像研には手を出すな！」 (@Eizouken_anime) November 26, 2019
The manga began in 2026 in Gakkan! Spirits magazine with four volumes released so far.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: The story follows Midori, Tsubame, and Sayaka, an energetic trio of first-year high school girls who come together in the Eizouken (Video Research Club) to turn their anime dreams into a reality. Midori is nervous to create an anime alone. She meets Tsubame who appears to be a well-to-do girl but she really has artistic dreams of being an animator. Midori’s best friend Sayaka has the financial sense to bring the project to fruition and joins the pair on their quest.
[Source: ANN]
