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Neto-Jū no Susume Manga About 30-Year-Old Woman Playing an Online Game Inspires Anime

Manga website and app Recommendation of the Wonderful Virtual Life) manga will get a television anime adaptation this October. An official website opened, debuted a trailer, and announced the staff, cast, theme song artists, and premiere date.

The trailer first teases a meeting between an "innocent boy" and "pretty girl" in a fantasy world before revealing the main character Moriko Morioka, a 30-year-old woman playing an online game.

The video also previews Yuka Aisaka is performing the ending theme song "Hikari, Hikari."

The cast for the real world is as follows:

The cast for the game world is as follows: (Note: Name romanizations are not official.)

The series will premiere on October 9 at 25:40 (effectively October 10 at 1:40 a.m.) on Yomiuri TV. The television anime will have 10 episodes, plus and 11th episode that will bundle with the Blu-ray Disc box set on December 8.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal) is composing the music. Other staff include:

• Clothing Design: Mebachi
• Prop Design: Asuna Imahashi
• Color Plan: Miho Tanaka
• Art Director: Izumi Hoki
• Director of Photography: Yoshiyuki Anzai
• Editor: Yuki Honda
• Sound Director: Hozumi Gôda
• Music Production: Flying Dog

The story follows Moriko Morioka, a 30-year-old single woman who quits her white-collar job to abandon "3D life" in a "crappy society" and play online game. She begins her adventure "reborn" as a handsome male swordsman.

Kokuyō Kadokawa published two compiled volumes in 2015. The manga has been on hiatus since July 2015 due to the author's health. The Comico editorial department recently updated to confirm that Kokuyō is not yet in good enough condition to resume serialization.

Thanks to Dennis R. for the embedded video.