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Kizuna no Allele Anime Reveals 2nd Promo Video, April 3 Premiere
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Entertainment planning company Isaribi Inc. revealed on Friday that Kizuna no Allele, the upcoming anime project for virtual YouTuber (VTuber) Kizuna Ai, will premiere in Japan on April 3. The anime will air on TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, and TV Aichi, and will stream on Animax. Isaribi Inc. also revealed a second promotional video for the anime, which previews PathTLive's song "mirAI wave!," and #kzn's song "Yosuga."
Isaribi Inc. describes the story:
This is a story about the bonds between girls.
Kizuna Ai appeared like a comet in the virtual world, becoming massively popular in the blink of an eye.
After five consecutive years of gracing the Lapin Doll—the highest honor of the Virtual Grid Awards—she disappeared as quickly as she came.
Several months have passed since then...
ADEN Academy is a school that speciaRizes in training new talent who will make their debut in the virtual world.
There, students each with their own hopes and dreams work hard every day.
"I wanna be a virtual artist just like AI!"
A young girl named Miracle enrolls in ADEN Academy with this conviction in her heart.
There, she'll meet all kinds of people and make wonderful new memories with them as they each pursue their dreams.
Are you ready? ――
- Ayumi Hinohara as Miracle
- Rina Kawaguchi as Quan
- Hikari Codama as Chris
- Yuka Nukui as Noelle
- Arisa Hanawa as Riz
- Kizuna Ai as herself
- Yūri Matsuoka as Niska
- Randhi as Jessie
- Haruka Yoshiki as Ellie
- Hina Natsume as Sarah
- Hinaki Yano as Halle
- Nozomi Nagumo as Jua
- Tsukino as Thea
- Ruri Arai as Ximena
- Nao Furuhata as Zoe
- Yūna Kitahara as Sofia
Kenichiro Komaya is directing the anime at Wit Studio and Signal.MD, and Deko Akao is writing the scripts. Shiori Asaka and Niina Morita are the character designers, and both are also the chief animation directors alongside Mizuki Takahashi. Go Sakabe is composing the music.
The Kizuna Ai YouTube channel "A.I.Channel" first launched in 2016. Since then, she has become the world's most iconic virtual YouTuber and was on Newsweek Japan's list of "globally respected Japanese people." Her main channel has over 3 million subscribers, and her "A.I.Games" channel has over 1.51 million subscribers. She has since appeared in television programs and commercials, and performed as a musical artist.
In April 2020, Nozomi Kasuga signed on as an adviser at Kizuna Ai Co., Ltd. — thus formally confirming that she is the voice actress behind the character. The company was formed out of Activ8, the talent agency that managed Kizuna Ai and other virtual YouTuber talent.
Kizuna Ai voiced cameo roles in the Ingress and Magical Girl Site anime, and she also performed the theme song in the Laidbackers movie.
Kizuna Ai's staff billed the "Kizuna Ai The Last Live 'hello, world 2022'" concert in February 2022 as her final concert before she went on an indefinite hiatus. The staff cited an update to "future activities with the goal of further developing Kizuna Ai" as the reason for the hiatus. The concert also unveiled Kizuna (#KZN), an original singing CeVIO AI. #KZN is "serving as a hub to connect with everyone and [support] Kizuna Ai and creators while she is asleep." (CeVIO is a suite of software that includes voice synthesis.) Kizuna Ai's original character designer En Morikura designed the AI with character concept art by Keigo Inoue.
Source: Press release
