The official Gatchaman Crowds anime website announced that Maaya Uchida (Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!, Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger) will be play the role of Hajime Ichinose, the show's main character!
Hajime Ichinose is a powerful and energetic girl with an artistic spirit. She is strange, but in a good way and has a passion for stationery goods. She is put under the responsibility of Sugune, but usually goes against him and acts on her own. However, she greatly affects the world and her team members when she does something that results in something that has never been seen in Gatchaman activities in the past.
Other characters in the upcoming anime are Sugune Tachibana, a samurai boy and member of the G-Team for 5 years who acts as Hajime's superior and Jou Hibiki, a member of the G-Team for 10 years and part of Tachikawa City's Living Safety Department. Both characters are interested in Hajime.
The story of the anime is set in Tachikawa City, the "second metropolis" of the Tokyo area in the early summer of 2015. The Gatchaman are warriors who fight in special reinforced suits powered by "NOTE," the manifestation of special spiritual powers in living beings.
A council has scouted a group of individuals with latent powers to protect Earth from alien criminals. In recent years, the council has assigned Gatchaman warriors to deal with the mysterious entity known as MESS.
The upcoming series is directed by Kenji Nakamura (Mononoke, tsuritama) with scripts written by Toshiya Ono (Suite Precure, tsuritama) at Tatsunoko Productions. Illustrator Kinoko for the original character designs and Koji Nakakita (Dancouga Nova) for the mecha designs.
Source: Anime News Network
Hajime Ichinose is a powerful and energetic girl with an artistic spirit. She is strange, but in a good way and has a passion for stationery goods. She is put under the responsibility of Sugune, but usually goes against him and acts on her own. However, she greatly affects the world and her team members when she does something that results in something that has never been seen in Gatchaman activities in the past.
Other characters in the upcoming anime are Sugune Tachibana, a samurai boy and member of the G-Team for 5 years who acts as Hajime's superior and Jou Hibiki, a member of the G-Team for 10 years and part of Tachikawa City's Living Safety Department. Both characters are interested in Hajime.
The show's main characters: Hajime Ichinose, Sugune Tachibana and Jou Hibiki
The story of the anime is set in Tachikawa City, the "second metropolis" of the Tokyo area in the early summer of 2015. The Gatchaman are warriors who fight in special reinforced suits powered by "NOTE," the manifestation of special spiritual powers in living beings.
A council has scouted a group of individuals with latent powers to protect Earth from alien criminals. In recent years, the council has assigned Gatchaman warriors to deal with the mysterious entity known as MESS.
The upcoming series is directed by Kenji Nakamura (Mononoke, tsuritama) with scripts written by Toshiya Ono (Suite Precure, tsuritama) at Tatsunoko Productions. Illustrator Kinoko for the original character designs and Koji Nakakita (Dancouga Nova) for the mecha designs.
Source: Anime News Network