Circus Anime Grow Up Show Drops Some Character Trailers

A few character trailers for the upcoming circus-themed original anime Grow Up Show have been released. Together, they highlight the acrobat twins Aoi and Akane Yura, illusionist Imari Ogano, acrobat Isuzu Ikazuchi, flyer Oka Kawasumi, and protagonist Mizuka Tsurumaki. 

Grow Up Show (Grow Up Show ~Himawari no Circus-dan), which was announced last July and will begin airing this July, sees Mizuka encountering the Himawari Circus, led by Maria, after collapsing by the road. Kanta Kamei (director of the Saekano -How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend series and chief director of the Saekano movie) is directing the anime with Takeshi Kikuchi (Skeleton Knight in Another World) as series composer and scriptwriter and Kurehito Misaki (Saekano light novels’ illustrator) as original character designer. The project is produced by A-1 Pictures and its new Psyde Kick Studio label.

Production credits

• Director: Kanta Kamei
• Series composer and scriptwriter: Takeshi Kikuchi
• Original character designer: Kurehito Misaki
• Character designer and chief animation director: Kazutoshi Makino 
• Assistant director: Satsuki Takahashi 
• Action supervisor: Masaki Inada (NieR:Automata Ver1.1a CG action supervisor and Blender supervisor)
• Picture book designer and effects designer: Ayane Matsumoto (Hyakusho Kizoku-the farmer’s days character designer, animation director, and animator)
• Time period research: Junko Yamada
• Image board artist: illustrator Munashichi
• Music composer: Yugo Kanno (STEEL BALL RUN Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure)
• Animation production: A-1 Pictures and Psyde Kick Studio 

Cast

• Tomoka Noda as Mizuka Tsurumaki
• Rie Kugimiya as Maria
• Shiori Kurosaki as Oka Kawasumi
• Reo Osanai as Imari Ogano
• Nanako Ando as Isuzu Ikazuchi
• Tomori Kusunoki as Aoi Yura
• Yuko Natsuyoshi as Akane Yura
• Yuna Kamakura as Shizuku Sakawa
• Yuka Iwahashi as Svetlana
• Ai Kayano as Rin Mamiya

Source: Aniplex Channel