'Ao no Orchestra' Unveils Main Cast, Additional Staff, Second Promo

The official website of the television anime adaptation of Makoto Akui's Ao no Orchestra (Blue Orchestra) manga unveiled the main cast, additional staff, the second promotional video, and a key visual (pictured) on Friday. The anime is set to broadcast on April 9 at 5:00 p.m. on NHK E TV.

Cast
Hajime Aono: Shouya Chiba (The iDOLM@STER SideM)
Ritsuko Akine: Ai Kakuma (Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu)
Nao Saeki: Shinba Tsuchiya (Ballroom e Youkoso)
Haru Kozakura: Minako Satou (Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun)
Ichiro Yamada: Makoto Furukawa (Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Tensai-tachi no Renai Zunousen)
Shizuka Tachibana: Lynn (Fuuka)
You Hatori: Shintarou Asanuma (Given)
Sou Harada: Junya Enoki (Kono Oto Tomare!)
Tatsuhito Aono: Ryoutarou Okiayu (Paripi Koumei)

Ryouta Higashi, Yurie Yamada, Takuto Owari, Kyouko Ogawa, Haruma Satou, Karen Kido, Tomotaka Seki, María Dueñas, and Hilary Hahn are performing the instruments of the above characters, respectively.

Staff
Sound Director: Satoki Iida (Paripi Koumei)
Music: Akira Kosemura (Summer Ghost)
Orchestra Performance: Senzoku Gakuen Philharmonic Kangengakudan
Conductor: Gyouchi Yoshida

Seiji Kishi (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu) is directing the television anime at Nippon Animation. Yuuko Kakihara (Tsuki ga Kirei) is in charge of the series composition and script. Kazuaki Morita (Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e) is the character designer.

Akui began drawing the music manga on the MangaONE application in April 2017 and in Ura Sunday magazine the following month. Shogakukan published the tenth volume on April 2022.

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Source: Comic Natalie