{"id":79527,"date":"2024-02-18T19:59:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T03:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=79527"},"modified":"2024-02-18T19:59:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-19T03:59:12","slug":"astro-note-releases-its-shingo-yamashita-directed-opening-animation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/02\/18\/astro-note-releases-its-shingo-yamashita-directed-opening-animation\/","title":{"rendered":"Astro Note Releases Its Shingo Yamashita-directed Opening Animation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Sci-fi rom-com original anime <em>Astro Note<\/em> begins airing this April, but its opening animation sequence, featuring the 80s\/90s-styled &#8220;Hohoemi Note\u201d by <strong>Ai Furihata<\/strong>, can now be viewed on YouTube in advance of the show&#8217;s premiere.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">The appealing opening sequence \u2014 which is bookended by revolving displays of cute dance moves from the <em>Astro Note<\/em> cast and filled with attractive character drawings \u2014 is storyboarded and directed by <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2023\/10\/09\/the-rising-of-the-shield-hero-season-3s-shingo-yamashita-opening-animation-now-on-youtube\/\"><strong>Shingo Yamashita<\/strong><\/a> (<em>Chainsaw Man <\/em>opening,\u00a0<em>Ranking of Kings<\/em> second opening, <em>Jujutsu Kaisen<\/em> Season 1 openings), who also handled compositing and editing duties. The show&#8217;s character designer and chief animation director <b>Maho Aoki<\/b>\u00a0(<em>The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon\u2019s Judgement<\/em> sub-animation character designer) served as animation director.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TV\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1\u300c\u30a2\u30b9\u30c8\u30ed\u30ce\u30aa\u30c8\u300d\u30ce\u30f3\u30af\u30ec\u30b8\u30c3\u30c8OP\uff5c\u964d\u5e61\u611b\u300c\u30db\u30db\u30a8\u30df\u30ce\u30aa\u30c8\u300d\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ydx8XclhltE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em>Astro Note\u00a0<\/em>will be streamed on Crunchyroll in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and the Commonwealth of Independent States. The synopsis for the show, which <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2024\/02\/08\/astro-note-original-anime-releases-1st-main-trailer-character-visual-and-more\/\">got a main trailer<\/a> earlier this month, reads as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><i>Takumi, a gifted chef, was just let go from his job. He lands a gig at an old boarding house called Astro-sou, but hesitates to accept after learning he must also live there full-time. That is until he meets the beautiful and charming caretaker, Mira, and he\u2019s sold. The two begin to work together and their connection deepens. But Mira has a secret: she isn\u2019t from this world!<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 12pt\">Staff<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Chief director:\u00a0<b>Shinji Takamatsu<\/b>\u00a0(<i>Teppen!!!\u00a0<\/i>chief director, <em>Gintama<\/em> [until Episode 105] and <em>Daily Lives of High School Boys<\/em> director)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Director:\u00a0<b>Haruki Kasugamori<\/b>\u00a0(<i>Dragon Goes House Hunting<\/i>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Series composer:\u00a0<b>Kimiko Ueno<\/b>\u00a0(<i>Delicious in Dungeon<\/i>)\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Original character designer:\u00a0<b>Eisaku Kubonouchi<\/b>\u00a0(<i>Bullbuster, Carole &amp; Tuesday<\/i>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Character designer and chief animation director:\u00a0<b>Maho Aoki<\/b>\u00a0(<em>The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon\u2019s Judgement<\/em>\u00a0sub-animation character designer)\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Music composer:\u00a0<b>Kouhei Munemoto<\/b>\u00a0(<i>I\u2019m Quitting Heroing<\/i>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0Animation production:\u00a0<b>Telecom Animation Film<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 12pt\">Cast<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<b>Souma Saitou<\/b>\u00a0as Takumi Miyasaka<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022\u00a0<b>Maaya Uchida<\/b>\u00a0as Mira Gotokuji<br \/>\u2022<strong> Rie Kugimiya<\/strong> as Ren Wakabayashi<br \/>\u2022<strong>\u00a0Tomokazu Sugita<\/strong> as Tomihiro Wakabayashi<br \/>\u2022\u00a0<strong>Shinichirou Miki<\/strong> as Shokichi Yamashita<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Ai Furihata as Teruko Matsubara<br \/>\u2022\u00a0<strong>Junichi Suwabe<\/strong> as Naosuke<br \/>\u2022<strong>\u00a0Yui Ogura<\/strong> as Aoi Uemachi<br \/>\u2022 <strong>Jun Fukuyama<\/strong> as Shoin Ginger<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Shochoku Anime Channel<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sci-fi rom-com original anime Astro Note begins airing this April, but its opening animation sequence, featuring the 80s\/90s-styled &#8220;Hohoemi Note\u201d by Ai Furihata, can now be viewed on YouTube in advance of the show&#8217;s premiere. 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