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AKB0048 Idol Sci-Fi Anime's TV Ad Streamed

A television commercial for a guerilla idol group to battle an oppressive government.

The nine real-life AKB48 who will play the fictional AKB0048 group's newest trainees 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 series will premiere in Japan on April 29.

[Via Yaraon!]