An October 2023 premiere date has been announced for the 16bit Sensation: Another Layer anime. Also revealed were a teaser visual, the main cast and staff, and the opening song details.
Aoi Koga is playing the anime’s main heroine Konoha Akisato, while Yui Horie is voicing the 16bit Sensation manga’s protagonist Meiko Uehara. The other revealed voice actors are Atsushi Abe as Mamoru Rokuta and Ayako Kawasumi as Kaori Shimota.
Takashi Sakuma (Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld assistant director) is directing 16bit Sensation: Another Layer at st. Silver with Masakatsu Sasaki (We Never Learn) as character designer and Yashikin (Sword Art Online series’ “Meaning The Start” and “Memory Calibur” composer et al.) as music composer. Manga artist Tamiki Wakaki (16bit Sensation, 365 Days To The Wedding) and Tatsuya Takahashi (Idoly Pride series composer) are credited with the main story.
Meanwhile, the opening song is Shouko Nakagawa‘s new single “65536.” The song will be released on November 1.
16bit Sensation was originally a doujinshi created by Mitsumi Misato and Aquaplus’ Tatsuki Amazuyu, which was published at Comiket from 2016. The KADOKAWA-published manga by Wakaki began in 2020 and has two tankoubon volumes as of November 2021. The anime will feature an original story.
The manga begins in 1992 and follows Meiko Uehara, a college student who has a part-time job at a PC shop. However, Meiko’s workplace is, behind the PC shop surface, actually a maker of erotic games, and Meiko, who is skilled in drawing, winds up being asked to help with drawing 18+ illustrations.
Source: @16bit_anime
