Naria Girls Explained

Naria Girls
Ja Kanji:魔法少女? なりあ☆がーるず
Ja Romaji:Mahō Shōjo? Naria☆Garuzu
Genre:Magical girl[1]
Type:TV series
Mahō Shōjo? Naria Girls
Director:Kōtarō Ishidate
Studio:Bouncy
Network:Tokyo MX, Sun TV
First:July 6, 2016
Last:September 22, 2016
Episodes:12

Naria Girls known in Japan as is a Japanese anime television series produced by Bouncy studio. The series is marketed as a "user participation" anime by its producers.[2] The name of the series makes use of a pun; "Nariagaru" which means "rising in the world".[3]

Plot

Urara, Hanabi, and Inaho aim to become popular throughout Japan by rendering themselves in the anime medium. They decide that the theme of their anime would be magical girls in order to appeal to a wide demographic; from children to adults. The three broadcast their one-cour magical girl anime to the public.

Character

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Production

Naria Girls was produced by the Bouncy, an animation studio,[2] with the use of Kigurumi Live Animator KiLA, a real-time live animation software. The software was used to animate the CGI-rendered characters real-time through motion capture. Okazu Misoyama was responsible for the character design of the series.[3]

Media

Anime

Naria Girls premiered in Japan on July 6, 2016 on Tokyo MX with the series also broadcast on Sun TV as well as streamed in NicoNico service in Japan.[2]

The theme song of the series entitled was performed by Seria Fukagawa, Aoi Koga, and Yūki Kuwahara, the three main cast. Hajime who also performs the theme song was responsible for the arrangement of the song and Jun'ichi Inoue was behind the composition.[2]

Crunchyroll announced in July 2016 that it has acquired rights to stream the anime with stream dates and regional availability yet to be disclosed.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mahō Shōjo? Naria Girls Anime From gdgd Fairies Staff Announces Main Cast. Anime News Network. en. 2019-06-24. 2019-06-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20190624124247/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-13/maho-shojo-naria-girls-anime-from-gdgd-fairies-staff-announces-main-cast/.103189. live.
  2. News: Crunchyroll to Stream This Art Club Has a Problem!, Naria Girls Anime. 15 September 2016. Anime News Network. 7 July 2016. 12 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161012180251/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-07-06/crunchyroll-to-stream-this-art-club-has-a-problem-naria-girls-anime/.104044. live.
  3. News: Marcias. Patrick. Crunchyroll to Stream "Naria Girls" Anime. 15 September 2016. Crunchyroll. 7 July 2016. 18 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160918124933/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/07/06-1/crunchyroll-to-stream-naria-girls-anime. live.
  4. Web site: Mahō Shōjo? Naria Girls Anime From gdgd Fairies Staff Announces Main Cast. Anime News Network. 15 September 2016. 14 June 2016. 19 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160919224435/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-13/maho-shojo-naria-girls-anime-from-gdgd-fairies-staff-announces-main-cast/.103189. live.