Just in time for the Month of Love!
Anime Pilipinas has learned that the Pan-regional anime channel ANIMAX Asia is set to air the romantic comedy anime Golden Time for viewers in the Philippines next month. The show’s premiere date and time will be announced on a later date.
Viewers in Southeast Asia got the first chance to see the popular anime series last November, while Philippine viewers got the first chance to see the popular sci-fi action anime Valvrave the Liberator.
Banri Tada suffers from amnesia due to an accident shortly after high school graduation and lost all memories prior to the accident. Unknown to him, his “Spirit”, carrying his past memories, now watches over him. Now a freshman in law school, Banri meets various friends as well as Kouko Kaga, a girl who is seemingly perfect on the outside, and falls in love with her. But his “Spirit” might be in love with someone else…? (Synopsis from Animax Asia)
Golden Time is an anime adaptation of a Japanese light novel series, written by Yuyuko Takemiya with illustrations by Eeji Komatsu. The series was published on ASCII Media Works’ Dengeki Bunko Magazine from September 2010 to March 2014, and has 11 volumes.
The anime adaptation was directed by Chiaki Kon, who also directed the two (2) sequels of Nodame Cantabile, while Full Metal Panic scriptwriter Fumihiko Shimo handled the series composition. To Aru Majutsu no Index animation director Shinya Hasegawa adapted Komatsu’s character designs, which was produced by anime studio J.C. Staff.
The casts are lead by Makoto Furukawa (Kazehaya Kamito, Bladedance of Elementalers) as Banri Tada, Yui Horie (Minori Kushieda, Toradora!) as Kouko Kaga, Kaito Ishikawa (Ledo, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet) as Mitsuo Yanagisawa, and Ai Kayano (Inori Yuzuriha, Guilty Crown) as Nana Hayashida.
The 24-episode series previously premiered on Malaysian video-on-demand service ANIMAX On-demand.
