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Megumi Nakajima Performs Hoshiai no Sora Anime's Opening Song
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
The staff of the original television anime Hoshiai no Sora (Star-Crossing Skies) revealed on Wednesday that Megumi Nakajima will perform the opening theme song "Suisō" (Aquarium) for the series.
The anime will premiere in October on TBS and BS-TBS.
The cast includes Natsuki Hanae as Maki Katsuragi (right in image at right) and Tasuku Hatanaka as Tōma Shinjō (left). Yoshitsugu Matsuoka is cast as Itsuki Ameno , and Gen Sato plays Rintarō Futsu .
Kazuki Akane (Escaflowne series and film, Code Geass: Akito the Exiled, Birdy the Mighty: Decode, Noein - to your other self) is directing anime at 8-Bit and also supervising and writing the series scripts. Yūichi Takahashi is adapting the original character designs by illustrator Itsuka, and he is also serving as animation director. Miki Takeshita is in charge of scene setting, and Shiori Shiwa is directing the art. Jin Aketagawa is directing the sound at Magic Capsule. Flying Dog is responsible for the music, and instrumental band jizue are composing the music for the anime.
The teen adolescence story revolves around the coming of age of boys in a junior high school's soft tennis team, which is on the verge of shutting down. In the show's first promotional video, the character Tōma Shinjō asks Maki Katsuragi to join the team for his vaunted abilities, and mentions a summer competition. Katsuragi asks for money in return for joining the team.
Source: Press release
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