Girlish Number

Plot

The story revolves Chitose Karasuma, a voice actress who has been working in the anime industry for a year. Although she believes she is talented, she thinks the anime industry is rotten as she has only been voicing minor characters. One day, an opportunity arises for her to voice a main role in an upcoming anime adaptation of a light novel as an idol voice actress with four other girls.

Characters

Chitose Karasuma (烏丸 千歳, Karasuma Chitose)

Voiced by: Sayaka SenbongiChitose is a university student and aspiring voice actress whose agency is Number One Produce. She is the voice of Yuna, one of the five main heroines in the upcoming anime series Millennium Princess x Kowloon Overlord. She has a positive attitude and high confidence, and initially thinks that she has talent for voice acting but just did not get enough chances. However this is in contrast with Chitose being very cynical. She is nicknamed "Chii-sama".

Yae Kugayama (久我山 八重, Kugayama Yae)

Voiced by: Kaede HondoYae is an aspiring voice actress at Number One Produce who went to the same voice actress school as Chitose. She is the voice of Mao in Millennium Princess x Kowloon Overlord. She is nicknamed "Yae-pon". Yae is shy and admires Chitose as a fellow voice actress, but sometimes she says some harsh truths without realizing it.

Koto Katakura (片倉 京, Katakura Koto)

Voiced by: Yui IshikawaKoto is a 26-year-old voice actress at Number One Produce who speaks in a Kansai dialect who entered the agency at the same time as Gojō. She is also an otaku. She is the voice of Ria in Millennium Princess x Kowloon Overlord.

Momoka Sonō (苑生 百花, Sonō Momoka)

Voiced by: Eri SuzukiMomoka is a high school student. She is a musician and idol voice actress at Voice Enterprise. Her father is a famous director and her mother is well-known voice actress Sakura Sonō. She is the voice of Yuzu in Millennium Princess x Kowloon Overlord.

Kazuha Shibasaki (柴崎 万葉, Shibasaki Kazuha)

Voiced by: Saori ŌnishiKazuha is a voice actress at Iroha Production in her late 20s. She wants to be cast in a serious anime series. She is the voice of Nanaka in Millennium Princess x Kowloon Overlord. When drunk, she speaks in her original accent, Yamagata dialect.

Nanami Sakuragaoka (桜ヶ丘 七海, Sakuragaoka Nanami)

Voiced by: Amina SatōA high school student in the same agency as Chitose who greatly admires her.

Kuzu-P (九頭P)

Voiced by: Kazuya NakaiKuzu-P (Kuzu Producer) is a producer who is in charge of the planning and production of the anime series Millennium Princess x Kowloon Overlord. He does not seem to care about the quality of an anime as long as money is made.

Gojō Karasuma (烏丸 悟浄, Karasuma Gojō)

Voiced by: Yūichirō UmeharaGojō is Chitose's older brother and a manager of Number One Produce. He was a talented voice actor, despite one of his drama CDs selling practically nothing. He quit his job as a voice actor after getting a big role.

Towada AP (十和田AP)

Voiced by: Takuya EguchiHe is an assistant producer and direct subordinate of Kuzu. Unlike his boss, he is more serious with his job. He often gets dragged into trouble made by Kuzu-P and has to cover up for Kuzu's slacking off.

Namba (難波)

Voiced by: Kenyuu HoriuchiHe is the president of the Number One Produce who has an energetic personality and shares a similar carefree and reckless personality like Kuzu-P.

Print

A serial novel written by Wataru Watari launched in the March 2016 issue of ASCII Media Works' Dengeki G's Magazine. The novel features illustrations by Yamcha, except for the colored pages which are illustrated by QP:flapper, who also provided the original character designs. The first volume was released on July 26, 2016, and volume two followed on October 27, 2016.

A manga series, written by Watari and illustrated by Yūki Dōmoto, began serialization in the April 2016 issue of ASCII Media Works' Dengeki G's Comic. The first tankōbon volume was released on July 26, 2016. A spin-off yonkoma manga series titled Girlish Number Shura (ガーリッシュ ナンバー 修羅) by Shin Ikezawa and Yū Tsurusaki is published under the Dengeki Comics EX imprint; the first volume was released on November 26, 2016. A spin-off manga titled Girlish Number Momoka Memorial (ガーリッシュ ナンバー momoka memorial) is illustrated by Mami Surada and published under the Dengeki Comics Next imprint; the first volume was released on November 26, 2016.

Anime

A 12-episode anime television series, produced by Diomedéa and directed by Shota Ibata, premiered on October 7, 2016. The opening theme is "Bloom" and the ending theme is "Ima wa Mijikashi Yumemiyo Otome" (今は短し夢見よ乙女); both songs are sung by Girlish Number, a group made up of Sayaka Senbongi, Kaede Hondo, Yui Ishikawa, Eri Suzuki and Saori Ōnishi. The opening theme of the first episode is "Ketsui no Dia" (決意のダイヤ) sung by Kohaluna, a fictional unit made up of Momoka Sonō (Suzuki) and Kazuha Shibasaki (Ōnishi). The series will be released on six DVD and Blu-ray compilation volumes from December 21, 2016 to May 26, 2017. The anime has been licensed by Sentai Filmworks, and is streamed by Hulu, Anime Network, and Crunchyroll. Madman Entertainment will stream the series on AnimeLab.