The winter 2020 anime adaptation of Kotoba Inoya’s manga series Smile Down the Runway has revealed some new details. Set for a January 10th, 2020 debut, Funimation has announced that they’ll be handling a simulcast for the series. Additionally, a simuldub will be coming with a date to be announced later. Availability for the show is set to the US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. Nobuyoshi Nagayama is directing based on the series composition by Touko Machida. Misaki Kaneko is working on the character designs with Ezoa’la handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Yumiri Hanamori as Chiyuki Fujito
- Natsuki Hanae as Ikuto Tsumura
- Ai Kayano as Kokoro Hasegawa
- Yui Ishikawa as Honoka Tsumura
- Hibiku Yamamura as Aoi Tsumura
- Hikaru Akao as Ichika Tsumura
- Ryohei Kimura as Toh Ayano
- Junichi Suwabe as Hazime Yanagida
- Ayaka Fukuhara as Kaoru Kizaki
- Kōhei Amasaki as Ryūnosuke Eda
- Keiko Han as Yōko Takaoka
- Yui Makino as Seira
- Mayumi Asano as Mai Ayano
Check out the new character designs below the promo.
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「Aphro I dite」の代表取締役・兼デザイナー・綾野麻衣を #浅野まゆみ さんが演じます。公式HPではコメントを掲載中。#ランウェイで笑ってhttps://t.co/Sldxh2qwD3 pic.twitter.com/rurzzmsYXR
— 「ランウェイで笑って」TVアニメ公式 (@runway_anime) December 13, 2019
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容姿と実力を併せ持つ人気ショーモデル・セイラを #牧野由依 さん(@yuiyui_makino)が演じます。公式HPではコメントを掲載中。#ランウェイで笑ってhttps://t.co/Sldxh2qwD3 pic.twitter.com/KwHL96EAc3
— 「ランウェイで笑って」TVアニメ公式 (@runway_anime) December 13, 2019
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服飾芸華大学の学園長・高岡祥子を #潘恵子 さんが演じます。公式HPではコメントを掲載中。#ランウェイで笑ってhttps://t.co/Sldxh2qwD3 pic.twitter.com/VziHJURsgI
— 「ランウェイで笑って」TVアニメ公式 (@runway_anime) December 13, 2019
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メンズファッションを専攻している服飾芸華大2年・江田龍之介を #天﨑滉平 さん(@amasakikohei)が演じます。公式HPではコメントを掲載中。#ランウェイで笑ってhttps://t.co/Sldxh2qwD3 pic.twitter.com/y1LUdRtE4A
— 「ランウェイで笑って」TVアニメ公式 (@runway_anime) December 13, 2019
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柳田一のファンであり服飾芸華大2年・木崎香留を #福原綾香 さんが演じます。公式HPではコメントを掲載中。#ランウェイで笑ってhttps://t.co/Sldxh2qwD3 pic.twitter.com/V1dUnnrmXh
— 「ランウェイで笑って」TVアニメ公式 (@runway_anime) December 13, 2019
The manga from Kotoba Inoya began in 2017 in Weekly Shonen Magazine and is their debut work. It has twelve volumes out as of this week and Kodansha Comics brings it out in North America digitally.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: Chiyuki Fujito has a dream: to become a Paris Collection model. The problem is, she’s too short to be a model, and everyone around her tells her so! But no matter what they say, she won’t give up. Her classmate, a poor student named Ikuto Tsumura, also has a dream: to become a fashion designer. One day Chiyuki tells him that it’s “”probably impossible”” for him, causing him to consider giving it up … ?! This is the story of two individuals wholeheartedly chasing after their dreams in spite of all the negativity that comes after them!
Past promos:
