MinatoSoft released a demo of its upcoming Sh?jo-tachi wa K?ya o Mezasu (The girls who aim for the wildlands, or ~ Girls beyond the youth KOYA ~ ) PC game on Friday, and an accompanying promotional video also revealed that an television anime adaptation has been green-lit for January. The video announced the staff and cast for the anime.

Text: Sh?jo-tachi wa K?ya o Mezasu ~ Girls beyond the youth KOYA ~
Text: TV Anime Adaptation Green-Lit
Text: Original Story: Takahiro ( MinatoSoft )
Text: Original Story Scenario: Romeo Tanaka
Text: Original Character Design: Matsury?
Text: Director: Takuya Sat?
Text: Series Script Supervisor: Yuniko Ayana
Text: Character Design: Takayuki Noguchi
Text: Animation Production: project No.9
Text: Seiichir? Yamashita as Buntar? H?j?
Text: Haruka Chisuga as Sayuki Kuroda
Text: Kana Hanazawa as Y?ka Kobayakawa
Text: Satomi Satou as Uguisu Y?ki
Text: Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Atomu Kai
Text: Sh?jo-tachi wa K?ya o Mezasu ~ Girls beyond the youth KOYA ~
Text: Starts airing in January 2016!

In the story, Buntar? is a student who wants to be something, but doesn't know what. One day his female classmate Sayuki announces she is working on a bish?jo (pretty girl) game. Sayuki scouted him because he wrote a good script for drama club, but Buntar? doesn't know anything about bish?jo games.

The cast reprise their roles from the game:

• Seiichir? Yamashita as Buntar? H?j?
• Haruka Chisuga as Sayuki Kuroda
• Kana Hanazawa as Y?ka Kobayakawa
• Satomi Akesaka as Teruha And?
• Satomi Satou as Uguisu Y?ki
• Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Atomu Kai

Takuya Sat? ( Selector Infected Wixoss , Steins;Gate , Mission-E ) is directing the anime at project No.9 , with scripts by Yuniko Ayana ( Bakuman. , Hori-san to Miyamura-kun , Kinmoza! Kiniro + Mosaic ), based on the game's original scenario by Romeo Tanaka . Takayuki Noguchi ( Queen's Blade 2: The Evil Eye , Ro-Kyu-Bu! , Papillon Rose ) is adapting the character design for animation, based on Matsury? 's original character designs for the game. Takahiro ( Akame ga KILL! , Yuki Yuna Is a Hero ) is planning the project.

The project opened an official website and a Twitter account .

The first print bonus of the game's "Anime Edition" will also include a Blu-ray Disc with an original video anime. The "youth adventure" game is slated to ship on March 25.

MinatoSoft first announced the game collaboration in 2013, then unveiled details in 2014 as the first of four titles in its " Takahiro IV" project. The other titles were the Akame ga KILL! anime based on Takahiro 's manga, the Washio Sumi wa Y?sha de Aru. novel written by Takahiro and illustrated by BUNBUN , and the Yuki Yuna Is a Hero ( Y?ki Y?na wa Y?sha de Aru .) anime planned by Takahiro . MinatoSoft opened a teaser site for Sh?jo-tachi wa K?ya o Mezasu in August.

[Via Yaraon! ]