Following up on a tease back in November 2023, the first full trailer is here for the Magilumiere Co. Ltd. anime. The upcoming series is based on the manga by Sekka Iwata and Yu Aoki, and you can see the new promo and visual ahead of the Fall 2024 premiere in Japan below.
The anime is being made at Moe and J.C. Staff, with Masahiro Hiraoka — who previously did CG direction for the second One-Punch Man television anime — helming the project as director. The person in charge of both writing and supervising the series scripts is Shingo Nagai of Uma Musume Pretty Derby Season 3 and Girly Air Force.
Credit for character design goes to Hidehiro Asama. Sound production is being handled by Masafumi Mima. The music is being composed by Makoto Miyazaki, who is known for working on One-Punch Man and SPY × FAMILY. Fairouz Ai plays Kana Sakuragi, and Yumiri Hanamori plays Hitomi Koshigaya.
The original manga—which debuted in October 2021 on the Shonen Jump+ service—is being published in English by MANGA Plus, and here is an official description for the plot:
“Magical Girl”? A profession that undertakes the work of exterminating a kind of natural disaster called “Kaii.” Kana Sakuragi, a female college student who struggles with job hunting, is picked up by a magical girl startup company and…?! Magical Girl work-life starts now!
VIZ Media is releasing it under a slightly different title — Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc. — starting this year, and they gave this description:
Kana Sakuragi is an excellent candidate for the job. Any job! She’s motivated and organized, and has a fantastic memory. So why has she interviewed at over 15 companies without receiving a single offer? She’s trying to keep a positive attitude, but it seems like her bad luck is only getting worse when a monster crashes her latest interview. As havoc ensues, she finds herself helping the magical girl who comes to their rescue and ends up with more than just her life in return. Meet the newest magical girl at Magilumiere Magical Girls Inc.!
Via Comic Natalie