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Maesetsu!

Maesetsu!: Opening Act (まえせつ！) is an original Japanese anime television series co-animated by Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ. The series aired from October to December 2020, while a manga adaptation by Hato Kannazuki was serialized from July 2020 to May 2021 in Monthly Comic Alive.

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Maesetsu!
Maesetsu! key visual
まえせつ！
Light novel
Maesetsu! no Maesetsu
Written byTōko Machida
Illustrated byKagami Yoshimizu
Published byKadokawa Shoten
MagazineComptiq
Original runJanuary 10, 2020 – November 10, 2020
Volumes1
Manga
Illustrated byHato Kannazuki
Published byMedia Factory
MagazineMonthly Comic Alive
Original runJuly 27, 2020 – May 27, 2021
Volumes2
Anime television series
Directed byYuu Nobuta
Written byTouko Machida
Shōta Gotō
Joe Itou
Music bySatoru Kōsaki
Oliver Good
Keita Inoue1
StudioStudio Gokumi
AXsiZ
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Original networkAT-X, Tokyo MX, BS NTV, MBS
Original run October 11, 2020 – December 27, 2020
Episodes12

Maesetsu!: Opening Act (まえせつ！) is an original Japanese anime television series co-animated by Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ. The series aired from October to December 2020, while a manga adaptation by Hato Kannazuki was serialized from July 2020 to May 2021 in Monthly Comic Alive.

Plot

Characters

Owarai geinin

Tokonatsu (とこなつ)
Fubuki Kitakaze (北風 ふぶき, Kitakaze Fubuki)
Voiced by: Aguri Ōnishi2 (Japanese); Jackie Lastra3 (English)
Mafuyu Kogarashi (凩 まふゆ, Kogarashi Mafuyu)
Voiced by: Naomi Ōzora2 (Japanese); Madeline Dorroh3 (English)
RDeco (R凸, Āru Deko)
Rin Araya (新谷 りん, Araya Rin)
Voiced by: Hiromi Igarashi2 (Japanese); Remi Joseph3 (English)
Nayuta Asōgi (朝生祇 なゆた, Asōgi Nayuta)
Voiced by: Sakura Nakamura2 (Japanese); Xanthe Huynh3 (English)
Tundra / Money&Kane (つんどら / マネー&カネー, Tsundora / Manē ando Kanē)
Manatsu Kogarashi (凩 まなつ, Kogarashi Manatsu)
Voiced by: Yūki Takada2 (Japanese); Courtney Shaw3 (English)
Kanae Kanari (金成 かなえ, Kanari Kanae)
Voiced by: Nozomi Furuki2 (Japanese); Courtney Chu3 (English)
JK Cool (JKクール, Jeikē Kūru)
Eru Kusaba (草葉 える, Kubasa Eru)
Voiced by: Asuka Aida2 (Japanese); Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld3 (English)
Arashi Waraino (藁猪野 あらし, Waraino Arashi)
Voiced by: Ayaka Shimizu2 (Japanese); Jorjeana Marie3 (English)
Freak! (ふりいくっ!, Furiiku!)
Junki Tomita (富田 純基, Tomita Junki)
Voiced by: Himself2 (Japanese); Adin Rudd3 (English)
Ubu no Hatsuna (うぶのハツナ)
Voiced by: Herself2 (Japanese); Amber Li3 (English)
BAN BAN BAN
Masatake Yamamoto (山本 正剛, Yamamoto Masatake)
Voiced by: Himself2 (Japanese); Marc Thompson3 (English)
Hiromi Sameshima (鮫島 一六三, Sameshita Hiromi)
Voiced by: Himself2 (Japanese); Billy Bob Thompson3 (English)
NON STYLE (Non Sutairu)
Yūsuke Inoue (謎のお客さん / NON STYLE 井上 / 井上 裕介, Nazo no Okyakusan / Non Style Inoue / Inoue Yūsuke)
Voiced by: Himself (Japanese); Doug Stone3 (English)
Akira Ishida (石田 明, Ishida Akira)
Voiced by: Himself (Japanese); Mike McFarland3 (English)
Spike (スパイク, Supaiku)
Shiho Matsuura (松浦 志穂, Matsuura Shiho)
Voiced by: Herself (Japanese); Rebeka Thomas3 (English)
Haruna Ogawa (小川 暖奈, Ogawa Haruna)
Voiced by: Herself (Japanese); Larissa Gallagher3 (English)
Yoshimoto New Comedy (吉本新喜劇, Yoshimoto Shinkigeki)
Keiko Matsuura (松浦 景子, Matsuura Keiko)
Voiced by: Herself (Japanese); Erica Schroeder3 (English)
TEEUP (ティーアップ, Tīappu)
Masaru Maeda (前田 勝, Maeda Masaru)
Voiced by: Himself (Japanese); Mike Pollock3 (English)
Hiroshi Hasegawa (長谷川 宏, Hasegawa Hiroshi)
Voiced by: Himself (Japanese); Mike McFarland3 (English)
Woman Rush Hour (ウーマンラッシュアワー, Ūman Rasshu Awā)
Daisuke Muramoto (村本 大輔, Muramoto Daisuke)
Voiced by: Himself (Japanese); Matt Giroveanu3 (English)
Paradise Nakagawa (中川 パラダイス, Nakagawa Paradaisu)
Voiced by: Himself (Japanese); Gary Mack3 (English)

Other characters

Hajime Nakama (中間 はじめ, Nakama Hajime)
Voiced by: Risako Murai2 (Japanese); Heather Gonzalez3 (English)
Manager (男爵邸 店長, Danshakutei Tenchō)
Voiced by: Seirou Ogino2
Carlos Ali (男爵邸 カーロス・アリ, Danshakutei Kārosu Ari)
Voiced by: Kentarō Tone2 (Japanese); Luis Bermudez3 (English)
Aunt Keiko (男爵邸 けいこおばちゃん, Danshakutei Keiko Obachan)
Voiced by: Rei Shimoda2
Haruna Funakoshi (船越 はるな, Funakoshi Haruna)
Voiced by: Shizuku Hoshinoya (Japanese); Madigan Kacmar3 (English)
Shiho Siina (椎名 しほ, Sīna Shiho)
Voiced by: Yūko Mori (Japanese); Triya Leong3 (English)
Ms. Hirano (平野 先生, Hirano Sensei)
Voiced by: Aya Hirano (Japanese); Wendee Lee3 (English)
JK Cool Manager Yamada (JKクール マネージャー 山田, Jeikē kūru manējā Yamada)
Voiced by: Hirokazu Hiramatsu (Japanese); Mike McFarland3 (English)

Media

Light novel

A light novel written by Touko Machida and illustrated by Kagami Yoshimizu was released on December 10, 2020, entitled Opening Act of Maesetsu! (まえせつ!のまえせつ, Maesetsu! no Maesetsu) by Kadokawa Shoten.

No. Release date ISBN
-December 10, 20204978-4-04-111005-8

Manga

A manga adaptation illustrated by Hato Kannazuki launched in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive on July 27, 2020,5 and it ended on May 27, 2021.6 Two tankōbon volumes were released between November 21, 2020, and June 23, 2021.

No. Release date ISBN
1November 21, 20207978-4-04-064890-3
2June 23, 20218978-4-04-680470-9

Anime

On July 10, 2019, Kadokawa announced that an original anime television series involving scriptwriter Shōta Gotō and Kagami Yoshimizu, the author of Lucky Star, was in production.9 The series is animated by Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ, with Yuu Nobuta as director. Touko Machida, Shōta Gotō and Joe Itou are writing the scripts, Katsuzo Hirata is designing the characters, and Satoru Kōsaki, Oliver Good and Keita Inoue are composing the series' music.10 The series was originally scheduled to premiere in July 2020, but was delayed to October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.1112 The series aired from October 11 to December 27, 2020.13 Act 0 of the series premiered on October 4, 2020.14 Funimation acquired the series and is streaming it on its website in North America and the British Isles, and on AnimeLab in Australia and New Zealand.15 The series ran for 12 episodes.16

No.Title 17aDirected byWritten byOriginal release date
1"Comedy!"
Transliteration: "Owarai!" (Japanese: おわらい！)		Hiroyuki Ōshima18Tōko Machida18October 11, 2020 (2020-10-11)
2"Thrills!"
Transliteration: "Kaikan!" (Japanese: かいかん！)		Kōhei Hatano19Tōko Machida19October 18, 2020 (2020-10-18)
3"Goals!"
Transliteration: "Mokuhyō!" (Japanese: もくひょう！)		Hodaka Kuramoto20Gōto Aogiri20October 25, 2020 (2020-10-25)
4"Business!"
Transliteration: "Eigyō!" (Japanese: えいぎょう！)		Naoki Murata21Tōko Machida21November 1, 2020 (2020-11-01)
5"Comeback!"
Transliteration: "Bankai!" (Japanese: ばんかい！)		Hirokazu Yamada22Tōko Machida22November 8, 2020 (2020-11-08)
6"Twogether!"
Transliteration: "Futari de!" (Japanese: ふたりで！)		Akira Katō23Gōto Aogiri23November 15, 2020 (2020-11-15)
7"Osaka!"
Transliteration: "Ōsaka!" (Japanese: おおさか！)		Hiroyuki Ōshima24Atsushi Itō24November 22, 2020 (2020-11-22)
8"Excitement!"
Transliteration: "Shigeki!" (Japanese: しげき！)		Yoshihide Kuriyama25Tōko Machida25November 29, 2020 (2020-11-29)
9"Partners!"
Transliteration: "Aikata!" (Japanese: あいかた！)		Shunji Yoshida26Tōko Machida26December 6, 2020 (2020-12-06)
10"Prayers!"
Transliteration: "Gankake!" (Japanese: がんかけ！)		Tatsuya Sasaki27Gōto Aogiri27December 13, 2020 (2020-12-13)
11"Showdown!"
Transliteration: "Kessen!" (Japanese: けっせん！)		Hodaka Kuramoto28Tōko Machida28December 20, 2020 (2020-12-20)
12"Opening Act!"
Transliteration: "Maesetsu!" (Japanese: まえせつ！)		Tatsuya Fujinaka29
Yū Nobuta		Tōko Machida29December 27, 2020 (2020-12-27)
Notes

Notes

  1. English translated titles are taken from Funimation.
References

References

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