Princess Principal Anime's Ad Highlights Main Characters

The official website for the Princess Principal original television anime series began streaming a commercial for the anime on Monday. The video previews the show's five main female characters.



The anime will premiere on Tokyo MX, KBS Kyoto, and Sun TV on July 9, on BS11 on July 11, and on AT-X on July 14.

The previously announced cast includes:

• Ayaka Imamura (Absolute Duo's Miyabi, Hundred's Meimei) as Angie, a quiet and brusque girl who possesses strong artistic abilities
  
  
• Akira Sekine (Aikatsu!'s Miyabi, Tanaka-kun is Always Listless's Miyo-chan) as Princess, the popular and gentle princess of the Albion Kingdom
  
  
• Yō Taichi (ERASED's Kenya, Love Lab's Sayori) as Dorothy, Angie's partner and the group's leader who excels in driving and shooting
  
  
• Akari Kageyama (Himouto! Umaruchan's Nana, Crane Game Girls Galaxy's Rei) as Beatrice, a noble girl who feels strong respect and affection for Princess for saving her life
  
  
• Nozomi Furuki (Barakamon's Miwa, High School Fleet's Shima) as Chise, a Japanese exchange student who excels in swordsmanship
  
  
• Takayuki Sugo (Hell Girl's Wanyuudou, Mobile Suit Gundam UC's Cardeas Vist) as L, the leader of Control, the Commonwealth spy ring that has infiltrated Kingdom territory. He is a man of few words, and is always calm as he gives Angie's group their orders.
  
  
• Miyuki Sawashiro (Galaxy Angel's Mint Blancmanche, Hunter × Hunter's Kurapika) as 7, an information and data analyst and interpreter. She is able to deal with unexpected events without letting her personal feelings get in the way.
  
  
• Takumi Yamazaki (Mobile Fighter G Gundam's George de Sand, Gintama's Bansai Kawakami) as The Colonel, a military officer sent to oversee Control. He thinks highly of the military's direct power, and looks down on a spy's subversive methods.
  
  
• Takaya Hashi (The Legend of the Galactic Heroes' Ernest Mecklinger, One Piece's Duke Inuarashi) as Duke Normandy, a duke appointed as the minister of the interior. He holds power within law enforcement circles, and is one of the few people that can offer his honest opinion on matters to the queen.
  

The "spy action" series follows five girls in 19th century London, a city within the Albion Kingdom divided into east and west by a large wall. The girls serve as undercover spies enrolled as students at the prestigious Queen's Mayfair school. The girls make use of their individual abilities to remain active in the underground world of disguise, espionage, infiltration, and car chases.

Masaki Tachibana (Barakamon, .hack//Quantum) is directing the series at Studio 3Hz and Actas. Ichiro Okouchi (Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress) is in charge of the series composition and is also writing the scripts. Kouhaku Kuroboshi (Kino's Journey, Sky Girls) is designing the original characters, and Yukie Akiya (Celestial Method, Code:Breaker) is adapting the characters for animation and is also serving as a co-chief animation director for the series. Yuki Kajiura (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Fate/Zero) is composing the music.

Void_Chords feat.MARU is performing the opening theme song "The Other Side of the Wall." Void_Chords is a pseudonym for composer Ryo Takahashi (High School DxD New, ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept.) MARU is a new singer who previously performed as Mrs. Jefferson in a 2015 production of the musical Rent. The song's CD single is slated for July 26.

Ayaka Imamura, Akira Sekine, Yō Taichi, Akari Kageyama, and Nozomi Furuki are performing the ending theme song "A Page of My Story" as their respective characters. The song's CD single is slated for August 2.

A smartphone game titled Princess Principal Game of Mission is also in development. Preregistration for the game will begin on June 30.