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AKB48 Anime's 9 Voice Audition Winners Announced
posted on by Egan Loo
The official website for AKB48, announced the 9 audition winners for the anime's voice cast on Tuesday.
Among the winners are self-professed Karen Iwata (AKB48 trainee)
1. Amina Satō (AKB48 Team B)
Four more finalists were honored with special prizes from the judging committee (Jin Aketagawa):
Airi Furukawa (SKE48 Team KII)
The 9 winners were selected from 30 finalists, who were previously chosen from the 200 of AKB48 and its sister groups: SKE48, NMB48, and HKT48. The final public audition was held in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Shōji Kawamori, the co-creator of the Evangelion: 1.0 You Are [Not] Alone) is the executive producer. AKB48 producer Yasushi Akimoto himself is planning and supervising the project.
[Via Jam Guru]
Update: Oricon posted images from the anime and its designs.
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