is a Japanese
anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...
television series aimed to promote
Urawa in
Saitama Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture ...
, Japan. The series aired in Japan from April to June 2015. A second season titled ''Musasino!'' was scheduled to premiere in July 2017,
but was delayed to July 2022.
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Plot
The series is set in Urawa Ward, Saitama City
is the capital and the most populous city of Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Its area incorporates the former cities of Urawa, Ōmiya, Yono and Iwatsuki. It is a city designated by government ordinance. Being in the Greater Tokyo Area and lyin ...
, Saitama Prefecture
is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Saitama Prefecture has a population of 7,338,536 (1 January 2020) and has a geographic area of 3,797 km2 (1,466 sq mi). Saitama Prefecture borders Tochigi Prefecture ...
.[ It follows 8 junior high school students in their daily lives in the ward. Five of them belong to the "Railway Club", while 3 are members of the student council.
''Musasino!'' follows the Railway Club as they try to save themselves from being disbanded. It also introduces characters from Urawa's neighboring Ōmiya Ward.
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Characters
The eight main characters represent the stations in Saitama Prefecture that bear "Urawa" on those names. All main voice cast are natives of Saitama Prefecture.
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:A freshman who joins the Railway Club. She has a cheerful personality.
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:Usagi's best friend from middle school and a member of the Railway Club.
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:Class 2-A representative and a member of the Railway Club. She gets teased by Minami much to her chagrin.
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:The school's delusional student council president. She wears cat ears and bat wings and has unrealistic ambitions to take over the school, and eventually Saitama. She sees the Railway Club as a big obstacle.
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:The student council vice president. She is a ninja fanatic.
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:The president of the public morals committee. She has a poor sense of direction.
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Media
Anime
An anime television series produced by A-Real and directed by Mitsuyuki Ishibashi aired from April 10 to June 26, 2015, on TV Saitama
abbreviated TVS, doing business as is a Japanese fee-free terrestrial commercial television broadcasting company headquartered in Urawa-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Its intended coverage is Saitama Prefecture but with some sp ...
. The anime series also aired on KBS Kyoto starting April 13, 2015. Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Sony through a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex. The service primarily distributes films and tel ...
started to stream the anime on April 9, 2015.Asami Seto
is a Japanese voice actress currently affiliated with StarCrew. Her debut role was as Yoshino Takatsuki in ''Wandering Son'', with major roles including Raphtalia in ''The Rising of the Shield Hero'', Mai Sakurajima in ''Rascal Does Not Dream of ...
, Satomi Akesaka
is a Japanese actress, voice actress and former singer affiliated with the Amuleto talent agency. She voiced main characters Hina Satou in ''Tesagure! Bukatsu-mono'', Taeko Nomura in ''Coppelion'', Mutsuki in '' Danchigai'', krkr in '' Gdgd Fairi ...
, Rumi Ōkubo
is a Japanese voice actress associated with 81 Produce. She has voiced starring characters in many anime shows, including: Astolfo in ''Fate/Apocrypha'', Ako Shirabe/Cure Muse in ''Suite PreCure'', Suguri Kinoshita in '' Happy Kappy'', Chin ...
, Miyu Kubota
Kubota is affiliated with 81 Produce and Avex Pictures.
Career
Kubota attended a technical high school, and while there obtained a license to operate a forklift and to arc weld. As a senior in high school Kubota passed the Anisong vocal audi ...
, Yō Taichi
is a Japanese voice actress from Saitama Prefecture. She is affiliated with VIMS.
Personal life
She passed her audition for the first role in the TV anime '' Erased''.
Filmography TV Anime
ONA
*''The Way of the Househusband'' (2021), Kid at M ...
, Hisako Tōjō
is a female Japanese voice actress from Saitama Prefecture. She is represented with Early Wing.
Biography
Under the influence of an older sister who loved anime and manga and was aiming to become a voice actor, she came to want to become a voice ...
, Keiko Watanabe, and Nao Tamura
is a Japanese voice actress from Saitama Prefecture, Japan. She was originally represented by the Early Wing agency, but is now currently affiliated with Haikyō.
Voice roles
Anime
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). A second season titled was set to premiere in July 2017,
Episode list
= ''Urawa no Usagi-chan ''(season 1, 2015)
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= ''Musasino!'' (season 2, 2022)
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References
External links
Urawa no Usagi-chan website - March 2016 archive
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Musasino! official website
''Musasino!''
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