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The broadcast period of the talked-about series Lance N’ Masques that has been gaining attention for being the first anime adaptation of a Poni Can Books work has been revealed to be fall 2015 on TBS and BS-TBS.
Pony Canyon has up till now unleashed on the world countless popular anime, and Poni Can Books is the company’s light novel label. The label has been developing light novel series since 2013.
Lance N’ Masques, which is gaining attention for being the first anime adaptation of a Poni Can Books work, is a light novel series that began being published by Poni Can Books in 2013. Main character Yotaro Hanabusa is a descendent of a clan of knights that has existed until the present time. Having received special training since childhood, he is the eponymous “chivalrous type” who reflexively saves girls in need. Having abandoned seeking a normal life, Yotaro meets by chance a mysterious girl named Makio Kidoin, a six-year-old girl who lives alone in an enormous mansion who longs for a masked hero to save her. Yotaro, who always hides his identity under a mask when helping someone, then begins watching over her.
The original work is penned by Hideaki Koyasu who wrote the scripts for YuruYuri and Love Live! among others. Directing is Kyohei Ishiguro who had his directorial debut with the hit broadcast of last year, Your Lie in April. Newly announced this time are Kenji Ota as character designer and chief animation director and Yoshihiro Sekiya as director of photography. How will the animation staff handle the cutely designed cast of characters drawn by Shino in the series’ illustrations? Keep it here for follow-up reports.
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[Broadcast Info]
Broadcast Begins Fall 2015 on TBS and BS-TBS
[Staff]
Director: Kyohei Ishiguro
Series Composer/Writer: Hideaki Koyasu
Original Illustrator: Shino
Character Designer/Chief Animation Director: Kenji Ota
Art Director: Hiromichi Ito (Kusanagi)
Art Setter: Kazushige Kanehira (Kusanagi)
Color Setter: Ritsuko Utagawa
Director of Photography: Yoshihiro Sekiya
Editor: Akinori Mishima (Graphinica)
Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama
Sound Production: DAX Production
Animation Production: Studio Gokumi
[Cast]
Yotaro Hanabusa: Daiki Yamashita
Makio Kidoin: Aki Ozawa
Yoriko Sudo: Manami Numakura
Alice Cleveland: Suzuko Mimori
Lance N’ Masques
© 2015 Hideaki Koyasu / Pony Canyon
© Hideaki Koyasu / Pony Canyon, ProjectLNM
Source: animeanime
Source article written by Toru Soma
