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MAGES' 'B-Project' Fictional Male Idol Project Gets TV Anime in July

Utako Yukihiro, will get a television anime adaptation (Note: the linked video is region-locked to Japan).

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The anime, titled BS11. The official website for the series has also revealed the show's cast and staff.

You and Me.) is composing the music, and Team B-PRO is producing the series. Additional staff include:

Assistant Director: You Satou
Art Director: Tomohiro Ono
Art Setting: Mika Nakajima
Color Key: Akiko Inoue
Director of Photography: Kenji Takahashi
Editing: Tomoki Nagasaka
Sound Director: Satoshi Yano

Additionally, "B-PROJECT" will perform the opening theme song "Kodō Ambitious," and Kitakore will perform the ending theme song "Hoshi to Tsuki no Sentence."

The show's cast are reprising their roles, and include:

Kitakore (from left to right):

• Daisuke Kishio as Ryūji Korekuni
• Daisuke Ono as Tomohisa Kitakado

Thrive (from left to right):

• Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Gōshi Kaneshiro
• Natsuki Hanae as Yūta Ashū
• Kazuki Katou as Kento Aizome

MooNs (from left to right):

• Yūto Uemura as Kazuna Masunaga
• Tetsuya Kakihara as Momotaro Onzai
• Showtaro Morikubo as Hikaru Osari
• Genki Okawa as Tatsuhiro Nome
• Toshiki Masuda as Mikado Sekimura

Each idol group has already launched a CD, and the project is also inspiring a game adaptation. T.M. Revolution is producing the overall project, and Shikura is the original creator in charge of project planning.

The anime's story follows Tsubasa, a new hire in the A&R department of the major recording company Gandala Music. Tsubasa is immediately assigned to oversee the idol unit "B-PROJECT," which is made up of three idol groups: Kitakore, Thrive, and MooNs. This is Tsubasa's first job, and she gets involved in various incidents and accidents as she deals with this group of young men who each have their own differing personalities.

Images © MAGES./Team B-PRO

Thanks to Dennis R. for the embedded video.