Romance will soon be out-of-this-world, because a TV anime adaptation has just been announced for A Galaxy Next Door (known in Japan as Otonari ni Ginga), a romantic comedy manga by Gido Amagakure (sweetness & lightning) about a struggling manga author who ends up marrying an extraterrestrial woman. The main staff for the series have been revealed, including:
- Original work: Gido Amagakure (serialized in Kodansha’s good! Afternoon)
- Director: Ryuichi Kimura
- Series composition: Gigaemon Ichikawa
- Character design: Naka Otaki
- Animation Production: Asahi Production
Additionally, voice actor Taku Yashiro plays the male lead, Ichiro Kuga, while voice actor Yu Wakui plays the female lead, Shiori Goshiki.
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An official website and Twitter feed (@otonariniginga) has also been published for the series. An English language version of the original A Galaxy Next Door manga is available from Kodansha Comics, who describe the story of the series as follows:
The new sweet and wild romantic comedy from the creator of the hit manga and anime about food and family, Sweetness & Lightning! A desperate manga artist, called on to support his two young siblings, meets a new art assistant. But her arrival isn’t just a small step, it’s a giant leap…
A Galaxy Next Door is scheduled to broadcast in Japan in 2023.
Source: Ota-suke
Copyright notice: © Gido Amagakure・Kodansha / A Galaxy Next Door Production Committee
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