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Classicaloid Anime Reveals Additional Cast, Composers in 2nd Promo Video
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The official website for tofubeats' rendition of Mozart's "Eine kleine Nachtmusik."
Daisuke Asakura is ing the anime's staff as the producer for Liszt.
The series' is asg "mujik" producers for composers within the series. Tsunku♂ (Hello! Project composer/lyricist) is producing for Bach.
The new cast includes:
Tomokazu Sugita as Beethoven
Yūki Kaji as Mozart
Kōsuke Toriumi as Chopin
Mamiko Noto as Liszt
Tomoaki Maeno as Schubert
Previously announced cast include:
My Love Story!!'s Makoto Sunakawa) as Sōsuke, Kanae's excitable childhood friend.
Shū Matsubara (Mr. Osomatsu).
The story follows high school students Kanae and Sōsuke, who live in a provincial town that is trying to revitalize itself with music. One day, suddenly "ClassicaLoid" versions of Beethoven and Mozart appear in front of Kanae and Sōsuke. When the suspicious-looking Classicaloids play music they call "mujik," it has a strange power: stars start to fall, and giant robots appear. Now every day is tumultuous. Eventually, more Classicaloids start to appear such as Bach, Chopin, and Schubert. What is the great power that the Classicaloids have? Are they friends or foe to humanity?
The show's music will include pop, rock, techno, and other arrangements of famous classical works, arranged by well-known Japanese musicians. The official website states that the show will also feature "battles, slapstick comedy, heartwarming stories, and light love(?)."
Source: Moca News
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