A new teaser visual and first full trailer have been revealed for the upcoming Magical Girl Raising Project: Restart TV anime series. The anime is scheduled to premiere in Japan sometime in 2026.
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It was also announced that the anime’s main ending theme song is “ReMind” by Daisy×Daisy.
Meanwhile, the show’s main opening theme “No tears here” by Minori Chihara is also highlighted in the newly released trailer.
Additionally, character designs for Pechka, Pfle, Shadow Gale, and Lapis Lazuline have also been unveiled.
Hiroyuki Hashimoto (reprising) is directing Magical Girl Raising Project: Restart, with Takawo Yoshioka (reprising) as series screenwriter and scriptwriter and Masako Ito (Season1 SD character designer) as character designer. SynergySP is the new series’ animation production studio, replacing Lerche, who worked on the 2016 Magical Girl Raising Project anime series.
The anime’s ensemble voice cast includes:
- • Yoshino Nanjo as Pfle
- • Reina Kondo as Shadow Gale
- • Fairouz Ai as Masked Wonder
- • Honoka Inoue as Pechka
- • Jenya as Nonako Miyokata
- • M.A.O as Rionetta
- • Mariya Ise as Clantail
- • Maaya Uchida as Magical Daisy
- • Hime Sawada as Nokko-chan
- • Akari Kito as @Meow-Meow
- • Sayumi Suzushiro as Genopsyko Yumenoshima
- • Ami Koshimizu as Akane
- • Shiori Mikami as Melville
- • Maria Naganawa as Cherna Mouse
- • Miyu Tomita as Detec Bell
- • Aoi Yuki as Lapis Lazuline
- • Megumi Han as Keek
- • Nao Toyama as Snow White
The original light novel series is written by Asari Endo and illustrated by Marui-no. It was first published by Takarajimasha’s Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! Bunko imprint on June 8, 2012 and has released 18 volumes as of November 2023.
Magical Girl Raising Project: Restart is the title of the light novel series’ second and third volumes, which serve as a two-part story. The light novels also inspired two manga adaptations.
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Yen Press releases the Magical Girl Raising Project light novels and manga in English. It describes the premise of the first Magical Girl Raising Project: Restart volume as:
The hit social network game “The Magical Girl Raising Project” selects one out of every tens of thousands of players to become a real life magical girl. The lucky chosen girls gain magic powers as well as incredibly good fortune, and spend their days blissfully. But one day, an absolute announcement declares that the number of magical girls has risen too high and must be cut down to half. Sixteen young maidens are thrust into a merciless, deadly contest to survive…but how many will come out the other side?
Sources: Magical Girl Raising Project Official Twitter (2), Anime News Network, Comic Natalie
