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Girl Friend BETA TV Anime's Special Program Previews Animation

A special television program for the upcoming Girl Friend (Kari) (Girl Friend BETA) television anime aired on TV Tokyo on Sunday. The program previewed the animation and next week's premiere, and confirmed that the anime will have an original story.

The official Twitter account for the anime also announced the fourth round of cast members, and is currently announcing a new cast member each day as part of its fifth round, which included Yui Horie's Miss Monochrome character. The cast announcements will continue until the day before the show premieres. The new cast members so far include:

• Rina Hidaka as Nae Yuki
• Ayana Taketatsu as Ichigo Kohinata
• Ryō Hirohashi as Nozomi Miyauchi
• Saki Fujita as Tomo Oshi
• Mai Nakahara as Saeko Arisugawa
• Yuko Gibu as Chizuru Onodera
• Ayane Sakura as Kazuha Kumada
• Nao Tōyama as Emi Sagara
• Madoka Yonezawa as Hina Nigaki
• Hiromi Igarashi as Sumire Yomogida
• Chinatsu Akasaki as Akari Amari
• Kana Asumi as Michiru Tomura
• Asami Imai as Yukie Yatsuka
• Yui Horie as Miss Monochrome
• Aya Endō as Yoko Tsukishiro
• Chiaki Omigawa as Isuki Ishida
• Atsuko Tanaka as Vice Principal Kiyoko Tōdō
• Megumi Toyoguchi as Akiho Shigeto
• Kaori Fukuhara as Yurara Mishima
• Mikako Takahashi as Shiori Shiratori
• Mai Kadowaki as Yuzuki Kiriyama
• Hisako Kanemoto as Kise Yukama
• Miho Arakawa as Makoto Hiragi
• Noriko Hidaka as Ema Fukami-sensei
• Eri Kitamura as Rei Shinonome
• Ryoko Shiraishi as Noriko Kiryu
• Yumi Uchiyama as Otome Kayashima

The rest of the cast includes:

• Kaori Nazuka as Fumio Murakami
• Sakura Tange as Chloe Lemaire
• Satomi Satou as Kokomi Shiina
• Hitomi Harada as Erena Mochizuki
• Rina Satō as Akane Sakurai
• Haruka Tomatsu as Nonoka Sasahara
• Kaori Ishihara as Yuzuko Hazuki
• Kikuko Inoue as Kanata Amatsu
• Aoi Yūki as Isuzu Shiranui
• Yukari Tamura as Koruri Tokitani
• Minori Chihara as Mahiro Natsume
• Minako Kotobuki as Saya Kagurazaka
• Minami Tsuda as Mutsumi Shigino
• Maaya Uchida as Nao Miyoshi
• Rie Kugimiya as Matsuri Kagami
• Emiri Katō as Rino Suzukawa
• Houko Kuwashima as Shinobu Kokonoe
• Noriko Shitaya as Remi Tamai
• Ayahi Takagaki as Tsugumi Harumiya
• Ai Kayano as Haruko Yumesaki
• Yui Ogura as Momoko Asahina
• Kaori Mizuhashi as Kinoko Himejima
• Saori Hayami as Haruka Kazemachi
• Ryoko Shintani as Kyoko Tachibana
• Aki Toyosaki as Raimu Nejikawa
• Kanae Itō as Marika Saeki
• Saori Gotō as Nagiko Kurokawa
• Aya Suzaki as Kurumi Eto

The anime adapts CyberAgent's social romance simulation game of the same name. Naotaka Hayashi (Morita-san wa Mukuchi, Magi: The Kingdom of Magic assistant director) will direct the anime at the Studio Silver Link (No-Rin, C³, Baka and Test). Michiko Yokote (Love Stage!!, No-Rin, Genshiken) will handle series composition. Noriko Tsutsumiya (Dragonar Academy, C³, Kokoro Connect animation director) is designing the characters based on original character designs by QP:flapper (MM!, Oreimo 2, Sora no Method).

Kadokawa released the first issue of the special Girl Friend (Kari) Magazine on August 22. The magazine included four manga series that focus on specific characters from the anime. Tsukako Akina launched the Girl Friend (Kari) Kokomi Shiina ~Koi Shite Madonna~ manga in the September issue of Kadokawa's Dengeki Maoh magazine on July 26.

CyberAgent's blogging website Ameba started service for the game for smartphones in 2012. As of June 2014, the number of registered users has passed 5.3 million. The game features over one hundred girls for the player to date, each voiced by a different voice actress.

The series will premiere in Japan on October 12.

[Via Ota-Suke]

Thanks to Kagayaki for the embeded video.