Written by: Nicole Castro
Published on: December 18, 2021 at 22:33 PHT (GMT+8)
The official Twitter account for school life manga Akebi's Sailor Uniform has released a second promotional video (PV) for the TV anime adaptation which airs on Jan. 8, 2022.
The PV focuses on Akebi's emotions as she earnestly expresses her desire to make lots of friends. The featured opening theme is Hajimari no Setsuna 「はじまりのセツナ」, sung by the cast as the students of Roubai Academy Middle School, 1st year Class 3.
Akebi's Sailor Uniform (Japanese: 明日ちゃんのセーラー服) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro. It has been serialized online via Shueisha's Tonari no Young Jump website since August 2016, with the chapters collected in nine tankōbon volumes.
Cast
Manatsu Murakami (村上まなつ) as Komichi Akebi
Sora Amamiya (雨宮天) as Erika Kizaki
Akari Kitō (鬼頭明里) as Tōko Usagihara
Shion Wakayama (若山詩音) as Tomono Kojō
Akira Sekine (関根明良) as Kei Tanigawa
Shizuka Ishigami (石上静香) as Hitomi Washio
Yui Ishikawa (石川 由依) as Riri Minakami
Momo Asakura (麻倉もも) as Hotaru Hiraiwa
Azusa Tadokoro (田所あずさ) as Riona Shijou
Miku Itō (伊藤美来) as Neko Kamimoku
Mariya Ise (伊瀬茉莉也) as Ai Tatsumori
Shiori Mikami (三上枝織) as Ayumi Tougeguchi
Mitsuho Kambe (神戸光歩) as Oshizu Hebimori
Kaede Hondo (本渡楓) as Yasuko Nawashiro
Haruka Shiraishi (白石晴香) as Mai Togano
Konomi Kohara (小原好美) as Minoru Ookuma
Kana Hanazawa (花澤香菜) as Yuwa Akebi
Misaki Kuno (久野美咲) as Kao Akebi
Satoshi Mikami (三上哲) as Sato Akebi
Shuka Saitō (斉藤朱夏) as Miki Fukumoto
Staff
Original work: Hiro (serialized in Shueisha's "Tonari no Young Jump")
Director: Miyuki Kuroki
Character design: Megumi Kouno
Series composition and Screenplay: Rino Yamazaki
Character design: Megumi Kouno
Sub-character design: Taishi Kawakami, Masato Anno
General animation directors: Megumi Kouno, Taishi Kawakami, Masato Anno
Art setting: Yoshinori Shiozawa
Art director: Hisayo Usui, Yasuhisa Moriyasu
Color design: Asuka Yokota
Cinematographer: Hiroki Kawashita (MADBOX)
3D director: Yohei Miyahara
Character retouch: Capsule
Editing: Akari Saito (Mishima Hensyu)
Music: Kana Utatane
Sound director: Takatoshi Hamano
Production: CloverWorks
Synopsis from MAL:
Akebi Komichi lives out in the countryside with her family. She's won entrance to the prestigious Roubai Academy middle school for girls and now she wants only two things—to wear the school's sailor uniform and to make a hundred friends!
Source: Akebi's Sailor Uniform official Twitter, official website, Comic Natalie
