The production team for the 16bit Sensation: Another Layer anime series has released a new key visual paying homage to the 1992 romance visual novel Dokyusei, which plays a key role in the first episode. The anime premiered on October 5, 2023.
Takashi Sakuma (Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld assistant director) is directing the anime series, with Masakatsu Sasaki (We Never Learn) as character designer and Yashikin (Sword Art Online series’ “Meaning The Start” and “Memory Calibur” composer) as music composer. Tamiki Wakaki (The World God Only Knows, 365 Days to the Wedding) and Tatsuya Takahashi (Idoly Pride series screenwriter) are credited with the original story. Studio Silver is handling the animation production for the anime.
Meanwhile, the main voice cast includes Aoi Koga as Konoha Akisato, Yui Horie as Meiko Uehara, Atsushi Abe as Mamoru Rokuta, Ayako Kawasumi as Kaori Shimota, Kentarou Itou as Tenchou, Jun Fukushima as Jiangshi, and Aya Yamane as Touya Yamada.
The anime is inspired by the 16bit Sensation manga by Wakaki, which was first published by Kadokawa on September 14, 2020, with two tankoubon volumes released as of November 6, 2021. The manga in turn is based on a doujinshi by Wakaki, Mitsumi Misato, and Tatsuki Amazuyu that was released on December 31, 2016.
Crunchyroll is streaming 16bit Sensation: Another Layer and describes the story as:
Konoha Akisato is an illustrator that loves beautiful girls and bishojo games. Her dream is to become a super-popular illustrator, so she is working hard at a bishojo game production company, but reality isn’t that kind… With the golden age of social network games in full force, Konoha’s company isn’t doing well, and she works as a sub illustrator, spending her days painting the backs of random background characters.
One day, the owner of a game shop gives her a classic bishojo game. With all her excitement over the golden age of bishojo games, she opens the package to “Dokyusei,” and is enveloped by a bright light. Konoha then realizes that she just traveled back in time!
She ends up in the year 1992! It’s the dawn of the bishoujo game era! Konoha ends up working at a company called Alcohol Soft. Will she be able to think about, draw, and create all the beautiful girls she’s ever wanted?!
