D4DJ
D4DJ (Dig Delight Direct Drive DJ) is a Japanese music media franchise created by Bushiroad, with original story by Kō Nakamura. Takaaki Kidani is credited as executive producer. It consists primarily of live DJ performances, a rhythm game for smartphones titled D4DJ Groovy Mix and an anime television series titled D4DJ First Mix, which is scheduled to premiere on October 30, 2020.
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Summary
After returning to Japan after living abroad with her parents since childhood, freshman high school student Rinku Aimoto enrolled at Yoba Girls' Academy. After she saw Yoba's famous DJ unit "Peaky P-Key" during on of their performances, Rinku soon develops an interest in DJing and meets Maho Akashi, also a DJ, the school's broadcaster. Together, they formed a DJ unit called "Happy Around" in order show their music. It will soon joined by Muni Arimoto, a talented illustrator, and Rei Togetsu, a young lady who wanted free from her parents strict expectations. |
Television series
In March 2017, an anime television special was announced on the official HoneyWorks Twitter account. The series titled Our love has always been 10 centimeters apart (いつだって僕らの恋は10センチだった。, Itsu Datte Bokura no Koi wa 10 Senchi Datta.) was broadcast for six weeks starting on November 24, 2017 on Tokyo MX and BS11. The story focuses on Mio Aida and Haruki Serizawa with new elements added to the plot; the series adapts the songs "Hatsukoi Ehon" and "Ippun'ichibyō Kimi to Boku." The animation is produced by Lay-duce while Takurō Tsukada serves as the director and Hitoshi Nanba serves as the chief director. The group LIPxLIP, composed of Kōki Uchiyama and Nobunaga Shimzaki, performs the opening theme "Non Fantasy" (ノンファンタジー). The main cast members as their characters (Haruka Tomatsu as Natsuki Enomoto, Hiroshi Kamiya as Yu Setoguchi, Yūki Kaji as Sota Mochizuki, Kana Asumi as Akari Hayasaka, Kenichi Suzumura as Haruki Serizawa, and Aki Toyosaki as Mio Aida) perform the ending theme "Tokyo Winter Session" (東京ウインターセッション). The final episode features a song performed by Aki Toyosaki under her character name Mio Aida titled "Re: Hatsukoi no Ehon" (Re:初恋の絵本). Aniplex of America has licensed the series for a North American release. Crunchyroll holds the rights for online streaming. On August 24th, Funimation announced they would add the show to their catalog the next day.
Akari Hayasaka
The president of the Art Club. A beautiful and nice, yet sort of clumsy girl, nobody knows what she is actually thinking. Even though she admires the concept of love, she has never experienced falling in love herself. Her main songs are "Yakimochi no Kotae ~Another Story~ (ヤキモチの答え〜another story〜), "Tokyo Summer Session" (東京サマーセッション), "Tokyo Winter Session" (東京ウインターセッション), "Tokyo Autumn Session" (東京オータムセッション), and "Watashi ga Koi o Shiru Hi" (私が恋を知る日).
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Kokuhaku Jikkō Iinkai: Ren'ai Series
Kokuhaku Jikkō Iinkai: Ren'ai Series (告白実行委員会〜恋愛シリーズ〜, transl. Confession Executive Committee: Love Series) is a Japanese romance Vocaloid song series by HoneyWorks. The project's first song on Nico Nico Douga was a music video sung by Vocaloid Gumi titled "Hatsukoi no Ehon" (初恋の絵本) that was released on November 18, 2011. The songs have spawned into various media forms including manga, novel, and anime adaptations.
Two anime films titled Zutto Mae Kara Suki Deshita and Suki ni Naru Sono Shunkan o were released in 2016. An anime television series by Lay-duce titled Our love has always been 10 centimeters apart premiered in November 2017. Another anime film titled Kono Sekai no Tanoshimikata: Secret Film has been announced.
Two anime films titled Zutto Mae Kara Suki Deshita and Suki ni Naru Sono Shunkan o were released in 2016. An anime television series by Lay-duce titled Our love has always been 10 centimeters apart premiered in November 2017. Another anime film titled Kono Sekai no Tanoshimikata: Secret Film has been announced.