Hong Kong-based content distributor MediaLink Entertainment Limited has announced on Wednesday that it will simulcast D4DJ First Mix anime series next month.
The anime series will premiere on October 30, streaming on their YouTube channel every Fridays at 10:00pm PHT, same time as its initial Japanese telecast.
Having moved back to Japan from abroad, Rinku Aimoto transfers to Yoba Academy where DJing is popular. She is deeply moved by a DJ concert she sees there, and decides to form a unit of her own with Maho Akashi, Muni Ohnaruto, and Rei Togetsu. While interacting with the other DJ units like Peaky P-key and Photon Maiden, Rinku and her friends aim for the high stage. (Synopsis from Anime News Network)
D4DJ First Mix is an upcoming anime series, which will be a part of the D4DJ (Dig Delight Direct Drive DJ) music media franchise by Japanese entertainment company Bushiroad.
Ko Nakamura, who worked on the BanG Dream! franchise, is credited for the original story of the new franchise, while Bushiroad president Takaaki Kidani is credited as the executive producer.
Game developer Donuts is developing D4DJ Groovy Mix, which will be a rhythm game for mobile devices, and is set to be released in the Fall season.
Beatless anime director Seiji Mizushima and scriptwriter Go Zappa reunites to work on the upcoming music anime, which will be produced by SANZIGEN Animation Studio.
Shigeru Saito, who previously worked in popular anime titles such as Sound! Euphonium and Violet Evergarden, will produce the music.
Yuka Nishio, who portrayed “Yu Higashiyama” in Bushiroad’s short anime series Rebirth, will play the lead character “Rinku Aimoto”, where she will also be joined by Karin Kagami (as Maho Akashi), Haruka Mimura (as Muni Onaruto) and Kanon Shizaki (as Rei Togetsu).
D4DJ First Mix will be the sixth simulcast anime title of MediaLink Entertainment for the Autumn 2020 season, which will be streamed on their Ani-One YouTube channel.
The company previously announced the simulcast streaming of Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, I’m Standing on a Million Lives, Higurashi: When They Cry – NEW, By the Grace of the Gods and Iwa-Kakeru! -Sport Climbing Girls- starting next month.
