After half a year without any news about the anime adaptation of the manga Otonari ni Ginga (A Galaxy Next Door), the first trailer for the anime series and its premiere date have been revealed. This adaptation of the original work by Gido Amagakure will air on Japanese television next spring, in April 2023.
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Ryuichi Kimura, director of the first four seasons of Aikatsu! and the second season of Kemono Friends, will lead the direction of this project at Asahi Production TV, while Gigaemon Ichikawa will be in charge of scriptwriting and supervision.
This anime series adapts the original manga by Gido Amagakure, whose previous work Sweetness & Lightning was also adapted into an anime. The manga Otonari ni Ginga is a romantic comedy serialized in the magazine Good! and spans 4 compiled volumes.
After the unexpected death of his father, Ichiro Kuga had to take care of his two younger brothers despite still being in high school. He became a manga artist but fell behind the mainstream and struggled with analog techniques as the industry shifted to digital. Having lost his assistants after his debut, he now faces major trouble as the deadline approaches and he can’t find any assistants willing to work with pencil and paper... Until his publisher delivers good news: a new assistant! And this assistant turns out to be a beautiful and mysterious young woman who seems to know more about him than she lets on...
This article was originally published in German. It was translated with technical support and editorially reviewed before publication.