During the event Aniplex Online Fest 2023 The first promotional video was revealed for the anime adaptation of the manga written and illustrated by Misato Mitsumi, Tatsuki Amazuyuand Tamiki Wakaki, 16bit Sensationtitled 16bit Sensation ANOTHER LAYER. The video confirms that Its premiere is scheduled for October 4, 2023 in Japan. More members of the voice cast were also revealed. While the platform Crunchyroll will be in charge of distributing the series in the West.
For its part, the original story for the production will follow Konoha Akisato, an eroge-loving illustrator, who opens the package of her classic game, and finds herself transported back in time.
Misato Mitsumi, Tatsuki Amazuyu, and Tamiki Wakaki began publishing the manga through the digital service. Comic Walker from the publisher Kadokawa in 2020 and, theoretically, it is still in publication. The most important theme surrounding this work is that Wakami is also the author of the popular franchise of Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai (The World God Only Knows), which inspired multiple anime adaptations.
voice cast
- Aoi Koga like Konoha Akisato.
- Atsushi Abe like Mamoru Rokuta.
- Ayako Kawasumi like Kaori Shimoda.
- Yui Horie like Meiko Uehara.
- Kentarou Itou as Masaru “Boss” Rokuta.
- Jun Fukushima like Kiyoshi “Kyonshi”.
- Aya Yamane like Toya Yama.
Production team
- Takashi Sakuma (Sword Art Online: Alicization, One Room, Room Mate) is in charge of directing the anime at the studios Studio SILVER.
- Tamiki Wakaki and Tatsuya Takahashi They are in charge of writing and supervising the scripts.
- Masakatsu Sasaki (Kawaii Tonikaku, Bokutachi wa Benkyou ga Dekinai, Murenase! Seton Gakuen) is in charge of character design and animation direction.
- Yashikin (Hajimete no Gal, Yozakura Quartet: Hana no Uta, Ore ga Suki nano wa Imouto dakedo Imouto ja Nai) is in charge of composing the soundtrack.
Synopsis of 16bit Sensation
This work is the work of three people: manga artist Tamiki Wakami, known for his work on “Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai” and “Kekkon suru tte, Hontou desu ka”, and legendary bishojo game creators Misato Mitsumi and Tatsuki Amaduyu, from Aqua Plus, who have worked on the character design and illustrations of the Utawarerumono series. It is an industrial manga set in a bishojo game development company in the 1990s.
The manga “16bit Sensation: Watashi to Minna ga Tsukutta Bishōjo Game” follows Meiko Uehara, a college student who begins working part-time at a PC store in 1992. However, this store is a front for her real business: an erotic video game developer for bishoujo games. Due to the sudden departure of the staff, Meiko ends up as a sub-graphic artist – even though she has never drawn an adult illustration before. Her life as a creator begins as she strives to make an erotic game without blunders.
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