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AKB0048 Idol Sci-Fi Anime's 2nd Promo Streamed

The second promotional video for AKB48, began streaming on Friday. The three-minute video introduces the real-life AKB48 ' roles as the newest AKB0048 trainees and includes clips of the audition process.

The nine AKB48 who will play AKB0048's newest class of trainees to become the next stars are:

• Sayaka Nakaya (AKB48 Team A) will voice 13-year-old Orine Aida
• Amina Satō (AKB48 Team B) will voice 14-year-old Yuuka Ichijō
• KII) will voice 14-year-old Suzuko Kanzaki
• Sumire Satō (AKB48 Team B) will voice 17-year-old Mimori Kishida
• Haruka Ishida (AKB48 Team B) will voice 15-year-old Kanata Shinonome
• Kumi Yagami (SKE48 Team S) will voice 10-year-old Sonata Shinonome
• Mayu Watanabe (AKB48 Team B) will play 13-year-old Chieri Sono
• Karen Iwata (AKB48 Trainee) will voice 13-year-old Nagisa Motomiya
• Mao Mita (NMB48 Team M) will voice 16-year-old Makoto Yokomizo

Shugo Chara!).

Yasushi Akimoto himself is planning and supervising the project.

The story is set in post-apocalyptic, totalitarian future, when a group called AKB0048 assumes the name of a legendary idol group from the past. AKB0048 holds guerrilla concerts to combat the Super Galactic Alliance's Entertainment Prohibition Law.

The series will premiere in Japan on April 29.

[Via Ota-Suke]