A new trailer for the Gushing Over Magical Girls anime series reveals more cast members and a January 3 premiere date. Three separate versions of the anime have also been revealed.
The Gushing Over Magical Girls manga by author Akihiro Ononaka entered serialization in Takeshobo’s Manga Life Storia magazine in 2019. Takeshobo ceasing publishing of the magazine, but the manga continued to release via the company’s Storia Dash website. The new anime series by Asahi Production will debut on January 3 with three versions.
Gushing Over Magical Girls Release Date and Versions
Gushing Over Magical Girls will premiere on January 3 at 11:30 p.m. JST / 9:30 a.m. EDT on AT-X channel in Japan. The anime will also air on BS11, TV Tokyo, KBS Kyoto, and Sun TV. The TV broadcast version of Gushing Over Magical Girls will censor certain audio and visuals from the “gushing” version, which will be streamed. The gushing version censors some of the visuals, while the “ultra-gushing” version will not have censorship at all. The ultra-gushing version of Gushing Over Magical Girls will be available on Blu-ray and DVD.
Watch the new trailer below.
Here’s the updated voice cast, via Anime News Network:
- Fūka Izumi as Utena Hiiragi / Magia Baiser
- Kaori Maeda as Haruka Hanabishi / Magia Magenta
- Misato Fukuen as Venalita
- Aoi Koga as Kiwi Araga / Leopard
- Shiori Sugiura as Korisu Morino / Nero Alice
- Mayuko Kazama as Sayo Minakami / Magia Azul
- Misaki Ikeda as Kaoruko Tenkawa / Magia Sulfur
- Yuka Aisaka as Matama Akoya / Loco Musica (New)
- Minami Tsuda as Nemo Anemo / Leberblume (New)
- Kana Asumi as Vatz (New)
Tadato Suzuki will direct the new Gushing Over Magical Girls anime at Asahi Production. Suzuki is joined by co-director Atsushi Ootsuki and series script writer Noboru Kimura. Character designs are handled by Yasuka Ōtaki, and Satoshi Motoyama is the anime’s sound director. Moreover, Yasuharu Takanashi, Akinari Suzuki, and Johannes Nilsson serve as composers with Lantis in charge of music production.
Here’s an overview of the manga series from J-Novel Club:
Hi, I’m Hiiragi Utena. I’m a normal magical-girl-loving middle school girl—or at least I was, but then some talking mascot showed up out of the blue and cast a spell on me! Now’s my chance to join my beloved magical girls as…a villain? Hang on, something’s wrong with my outfit! This can’t be happening!
Watch this shy magical-girl fan transform into a sadistic dominatrix! When good and evil collide, who will be the one to submit?!
