The first trailer, as well as a key visual, for the mono TV anime has arrived. Based on this preview of the anime (which adapts the 4-koma manga by Laid-Back Camp‘s Afro), there will be a decent dose of comfy-feeling comedic faces and some animation highlights, like a selfie stick shot with background animation.
There are also new staff credit reveals, including Naoya Morotomi (The Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls U149 Episode 9 storyboard artist and director) as assistant director and Kisei Fujita (Encouragement of Climb: Next Summit line producer, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time co-retake manager) as animation producer. Among the others are:
• Background art director: Risa Fuji (Girls Band Cry)
• Background art director: Masanobu Nomura (Girls Band Cry)
• Color designer: Sakura Komatsu (Blue Lock)
• Compositing director: Takeo Ogiwara (Kawagoe Boys Sing)
• Music composer: Hajime Kyakkoku (K-On!)
mono follows three Cinephoto club girls and a manga artist. The Houbunsha-published manga started in 2017 and is currently serialized in Manga Time Kirara Carat. There are four tankoubon volumes as of April 2024.
The anime premieres in April.
Staff
• Director: Ryota Aikei (Jujutsu Kaisen Season 2 assistant director)
• Character designer: Takuya Miyahara (Frederica opening movie, Shikimori’s Not Just A Cutie co-main animator)
• Series composer: Yoko Yonaiyama (A Sign of Affection)
• Animation production: Soigne
Cast
• Haruna Mikawa as Satsuki Amamiya
• Aoi Koga as An Kiriyama
• Hikaru Tono as Sakurako Shikishima
• Reina Ueda as Haruno Akiyama
• Maki Kawase as Kako Komada
Source: @mono_weekend
