A new look at what is to come from the Jellyfish Can't Swim In The Night anime has been released with two juicy bits for fans to digest. First off is an announcement regarding an in-story piano performer. This includes the official announcement of the involvement of pop pianist and youtuber Haramichan.
The illustrator responsible for the story's artist JELEE was also revealed by the anime's staff. Take a look at the advance peek of the character art below.
April 6th is the set premiere date for Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night on the BS11 and Tokyo MX Channels. Subsequently it will premiere on Kansai TV, AT-X, and HTB Hakkaido channels the following day, April 7th.
The cast of the anime is announced to include Miku Itō as Mahiru Kōzuki, Rie Takahashi as Kano Yamanouchi, Miyu Tomita as Kiwi Watase, Miyuri Shimabukuro as Mei "Kim Anouk" Takanashi, Sumire Uesaka as Miiko, Miho Okasaki as Mero Setō, Yukina Shutō as Momoko Yanagi, and Sally Amaki as Akari Suzumura.
The story is centered around a group of female youths exposed to creativity takes place in Shibuya. The staff on the project is as follows.
Original Work: JELEE
Director: Ryohei Takishita
Original Character Design: popman3580
Writer: Yuki Yaku
Chief Animation Directors: Junichirō Taniguchi, Akiko Toyoda, Asuka Suzuki
Main Animators: Shinnosuke Ota, Saurabh Singh, Kazuma Nakao
Onscreen Illustrations' Rough Sketches: Hamunesugo
Sub-Character Design: Chiaki Nakajima, Shuri
Costume Design: Shino Kuzuhara, Shōko Nagasawa
Prop Design: Miyu Hattori
Art Director: Yūji Kaneko
Art Setting: Akihiro Hirasawa
Color Design: Kei Ishiguro
Compositing Director of Photography: Takafumi Kuwano
Editing: Kashiko Kimura
Sound Director: Eriko Kimura
Music: Masaru Yokoyama
Music Production: King Records
A manga adaptation is also set to launch this April from Niko Fujii on Kodansha's Magazine Pocket app. Take a look at the trailer for the anime series Jellyfish Can't Swim In The Night below.
"I want to find what I enjoy."
Shibuya, a district overflowing with identity.
A girl trying to find herself drifts through Shibuya in the dead of night until a special encounter changes everything.
For the first time, the creative activities of unknown young girls will begin.
Keep an eye out for Jellyfish Can't Swim In The Night this April both in anime and manga form. In the meantime, be sure to share your thoughts on this information as well as the trailer itself in the comments section.
Jellyfish Can't Swim In The Night premieres on April 6th, 2024.