Grow Up Show Reveals July 4 Start Date With Main Visual

The circus-themed original anime Grow Up Show is set to begin airing on July 4, 24:00 JST (effectively July 5, 00:00 JST). A main visual was released with the announcement.

Additionally, it was announced that “Yurari Yureru” by NOMELON NOLEMON will be the anime’s opening song, while the ending song is “DAYS!” by Aooo. They are previewed separately through two versions of the same commercial.

Grow Up Show‘s premise sees a girl called Mizuka Tsurumaki 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 animation production handled by A-1 Pictures and its new Psyde Kick Studio label.

Other staff include Takeshi Kikuchi (Skeleton Knight in Another World) as series composer and scriptwriter and Kurehito Misaki (Saekano light novels’ illustrator) as original character designer. Tomoka Noda is voicing Mizuka Tsurumaki, while Rie Kugimiya is Maria.

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

Sources: @growupshow, Grow-Up Show website