Outbreak Company
Set for an October broadcast in Japan with studio feel handling the animation, the adaptation of Ichiro Sakaki’s light novel series Outbreak Company previously have some key character material and artwork released and now has a new promotional video that showcases the cast and their characters. The fantasy/comedy series was originally published in 2011 with art by Yuugen and has had a positive response overall, though fans aren’t too sure about the angular facial designs that we get from the main visual below. Six volumes of the light novels have been published so far and a manga adaptation with artwork by Kiri Kajiya began back in November of last year.
Director: Kei Oikawa
Series Composition: Naruhisa Arakawa
Character Design: Takashi Mamezuka
Music: Keiji Inai
Art Director: Yuki Ikenoue
Sound Director: Takahiro Enomoto
Director of Photography: Yuuta Nakamura
Color design: You Iwaida
Editing: Daisuke Hiraki
Main Animators:
Kosuke Murayama
Kuniaki Masuda
Masakazu Yamazaki
Yumi Shimizu
Animation Production: feel.
With Cast:
Petoraru Anne Endanto III – Mai Fuchigami
Myuseru Foaran – Suzuko Mimori
Minori Koganuma – Maaya Uchida
Elbia Hanaiman – Sumire Uesaka
Shinichi Kanno – Natsuki Hanae
OP: Univer Page by Suzuko Mimori
ED: Watashi no Housekibako by Petorashika (Mai Fuchigami)
Plot Concept: Having a light novel author father and an eroge illustrator mother, Kano Shinichi is a thoroughbred otaku. However he does not have any special power except for his broad knowledge, sharp insight, and impeccable instinct about “MOE” and its products, from manga to anime to games to light novel to figures. One day he found himself transported to a fantasy world where elves live and dragons fly. And he is given a task—not to fight monster or embark on a quest, but to enhance cultural exchange by becoming a “moe missionary” in this fantasy world! He meets a palace guard who has a bit of fujoshi taste, a half-elf maid, and the empress who is a little girl. He comes up with the idea of building a school. At first it runs as a comedy but later there are serious matters that Shinichi needs to face: ethnic discrimination, social problems, conflict with neighboring countries, sabotage by opposition elements including Japanese government, etc. Can he overcome the obstacles, successfully bring “moe” culture to the fantasy world, and help the people there as well?