Crunchyroll is continuing on with working with this property as they’ve announced the pickup of the Wake Up, Girls! New Chapter series as part of the fall 2017 anime season. The show will debut on October 9th, 2017 at 2:05pm ET for their members. Availability for it is strong as it’s open to viewers worldwide outside of Asia.
In terms of music, three of the characters and their voice actors revealed, which will make up the Run Girls, Run! unit. The group from the show will have the opening theme “7 Senses” and the closing theme song “Shizuku no Kan” when it debuts.
- Koko Hayashi as Ayumi Hayashi
- Yuuka Morishima as Otome Morishima
- Nanami Atsugi as Itsuka Atsugi
The new project has set Shin Itagaki as the directed based on the work from Green Leaves with character designs by Miyuki Sugawara. Animation studio Millepensee is on board.
Sentai Filmworks released the first TV series and theatrical feature in North America.
Plot Concept: “Wake Up, Girls!” is the story of growth and friendship of seven girls living in Sendai, Miyagi who form the idol group “Wake Up, Girls! (WUG)” and work together to become top idols.
Operating under a small production company in Sendai known as “Green Leaves Entertainment,” WUG overcame countless obstacles to beat national idol group “I-1 club” at the Idol Festival and win the event. They had suddenly become top idols… but with an idol recession going on, things weren’t so easy. The days of steady and honest idol work continued for the girls.
Meanwhile, Sendai-based middle school trio Hayashi Ayumi, Morishima Otome, and Atsugi Itsuka have developed an increasing desire to become idols…