Naria Girls known in Japan as Mahō Shōjo? Naria Girls (魔法少女? なりあ☆がーるず, Mahō Shōjo? Naria☆Garuzu, "Magical Girl? Naria Girls") is a Japanese anime television series produced by Bouncy studio. The series is marketed as a "user participation" anime by its producers.[2] The name of the series makes use of a pun; "Nariagaru" which means "rising in the world".[3]
| Naria Girls | |
 Main visual, featuring (left to right) Animaru, Hanabi, Urara and Inaho | |
| 魔法少女? なりあ☆がーるず (Mahō Shōjo? Naria☆Garuzu) | |
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| Genre | Magical girl[1] |
| Anime television series | |
| Mahō Shōjo? Naria Girls | |
| Directed by | Kōtarō Ishidate |
| Studio | Bouncy |
| Licensed by |
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| Original network | Tokyo MX, Sun TV |
| Original run | July 6, 2016 – September 22, 2016 |
| Episodes | 12 |
Plot
editUrara, Hanabi, and Inaho aim to become popular throughout Japan by rendering themselves in the anime medium. They decide that the theme of their anime would be magical girls in order to appeal to a wide demographic; from children to adults. The three broadcast their one-cour magical girl anime to the public.
Character
edit- Urara (うらら)
- Voiced by: Seria Fukagawa[4]
- Inaho (いなほ)
- Voiced by: Yūki Kuwahara[4]
- Animaru (アニまる)
- Voiced by: Kōtarō Ishidate[4]
Production
editNaria Girls was produced by the Bouncy, an animation studio,[2] with the use of Kigurumi Live Animator KiLA, a real-time live animation software. The software was used to animate the CGI-rendered characters real-time through motion capture. Okazu Misoyama was responsible for the character design of the series.[3]
Media
editAnime
editNaria Girls premiered in Japan on July 6, 2016 on Tokyo MX with the series also broadcast on Sun TV as well as streamed in NicoNico service in Japan.[2]
The theme song of the series entitled "We Are Naria ☆ Girls" (We are なりあ☆がーるず) was performed by Seria Fukagawa, Aoi Koga, and Yūki Kuwahara, the three main cast. Hajime who also performs the theme song was responsible for the arrangement of the song and Jun'ichi Inoue was behind the composition.[2]
Crunchyroll announced in July 2016 that it has acquired rights to stream the anime with stream dates and regional availability yet to be disclosed.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Mahō Shōjo? Naria Girls Anime From gdgd Fairies Staff Announces Main Cast". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
- ^ a b c d "Crunchyroll to Stream This Art Club Has a Problem!, Naria Girls Anime". Anime News Network. 7 July 2016. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ a b c Marcias, Patrick (7 July 2016). "Crunchyroll to Stream "Naria Girls" Anime". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Mahō Shōjo? Naria Girls Anime From gdgd Fairies Staff Announces Main Cast". Anime News Network. 14 June 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
External links
edit- Official website (in Japanese)