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Release the Spyce Original Anime's 2nd Promo Video Streamed

The official website for the original anime series Release the Spyce revealed the second promotional video and October 6 premiere on Friday.

The anime will premiere on MBS on October 6 at 26:38 (effectively October 7 at 2:38 a.m.). The series will then debut on Tokyo MX on October 7 at 11:30 p.m. and on BS11 at 25:00 (effectively October 8 at 1:00 a.m.).

The cast includes:

Yukari Anzai as Momo Minamoto, a second-year high school student who loves her teacher Yuki. She has a mysterious ability where she can discern the physical condition of others.

Manami Numakura as Yuki Hanzōmon, Momo's teacher. She is a talented spy and a third-year high school student. She's strict with herself and others, but can be too severe.

Aya Suzaki as Mei Yachiyo, a bubbly second-year high school student who is Fu's teacher. She loves old spy movies.

Akane Fujita as Fū Sagami, a first-year high school student who is Mei's student and roommate. She escaped poverty and became a spy, and has more ambition to rise than anyone else.

Aya Uchida as Hatsume Aoba, Goe's teacher and Yuki's childhood friend and classmate. She has invented many secret weapons.

Yuri Noguchi as Goe Ishikawa, Hatsume's student, and Momo and Mei's classmate. In spite of her appearance, she likes animals and plushies.

The anime's story begins with a lone high school girl named Momo, attending a high school in the city of Sorasaki. Unbeknownst to everyone, Momo is an agent who works for the private intelligence agency Tsukikage, that protects the city and its people. Under the tutelage of her senior Yuki, and her other friends, they keep the peace in the city.

The project is a collaboration between Yuruyuri manga creator Namori as original character designer and Yuki Yuna Is a Hero creator Takahiro for the original concept and series composition. The anime marks Akira Satou's directorial debut at Lay-duce. Satoshi Ishino is adapting Namori's characters for animation. SORASAKI.F is credited for the original work.

Additional staff includes:

• Sub-Character Design: Kazutoshi Inoue, Ryōsuke Habu
• Art Design: Kazushige Kanehira
• Artworks: Tensai Okamura
• Prop Design: Takashi Akaishizawa
• Key Animators: Shōhei Nishijima, Hiromi Niwa, Michiko Asada
• Art Director: Taichi Shishido
• Color Design, Reiko Iwasawa
• Director of Photography: Yuuichirou Nagata/Asahi Production
• CG Director: Gōichi Sakamoto/Apparition Labo
• Editing: Tomoki Nagasaka/Jay Film
• Music: Ryōhei Sataka (Hifumi,inc.)
• Music Production: Pony Canyon
• Sound Director: Akiko Fujita
• Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO

The anime is also inspiring a manga adaptation titled Release the Spyce - Naisho no Mission (Release the Spyce - Secret Mission) with art by Meia Mitsuki, which debuted in the Dengeki G's Comic magazine in January. The project is also inspiring a serialized novelization titled Release the Spyce - Golden Genesis that debuted on February 27. The novelization focuses on the character Yuki Hanzōmon.

Sources: Pony Canyon's YouTube channel, Release the Spyce anime's website, MoCa News