Sakura Quest | サクラクエスト

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Sakura Quest | サクラクエスト

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01-01-2017 00:00

Sakura Quest | サクラクエスト

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Anime studio P.A. Works announced a new original television anime titled Sakura Quest. The anime will premiere in April. The anime's official website describes the anime as the third in P.A. Works' "working" series about people and their jobs, after Hana-Saku Iroha and Shirobako.

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Synopsis

The story centers on five girls who work in the tourism bureau of their small provincial town. The town revives its "micro-nation" tourism program, which originated from a nationwide movement during Japan's bubble economy period, and hires the five girls as "monarchs" (tourism ambassadors). The anime will depict one year in their jobs in the tourism industry, and show how they change and grow.

During the bubble economy in Japan, a micro-nation fad arose, where regions in Japan declared themselves "micro-nations" to revive tourism and industry in their region, starting with the "Shin Yamatai Koku" nation in 1977. The micro-nations coordinated with local governments and tourism bureaus, and some even had their own chambers of commerce. At its height, there were over 200 such micro-nations in Japan.

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Information

Type: TV Series
Episodes: Unknown
Status: Not yet aired
Aired: April 2017 to ?
Studios: P.A. Works
Producers: TOHO animation
Genres: Comedy, Slice of Life
Duration: 24 mins/eps
Rating: PG-13

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Staff

Director: Soichi Masui
Character Design: Kanami Sekiguchi
Original Character Design: BUNBUN
Series Composition: Masahiro Yokotani

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Main Character

Spoiler for Koharu Yoshino:

VA: Nanase Ayaka

The main character. She hates the provincial life, and longs to be in the city. Seeking to become something "special," she once went to Tokyo, but couldn't find what she wanted to do. 30 companies have her turned her down while job hunting, and by coincidence, she is hired to be the "monarch" of a micro-nation, and heads to the town of Manoyama. She easily befriends everyone, but is actually a very serious person. While a very normal girl, she has a complex about how "normal" she is.

Spoiler for Shinomiya Shiori:

VA: Ueda Reina

An employee of the Manoyama tourism bureau and works together with Yoshino. She loves her hometown, and is very conservative. She prefers order in her life. She has a bright, optimistic personality, and won't hesitate to help anyone. Her housework abilities are high.

Spoiler for Midorikawa Maki:

VA: Anzai Chika

Her dreams of being an actress were crushed, and she headed back to her hometown of Manoyama. She is used to taking a lot of part-time jobs during her time as part of a small theater troupe. She is cool and has a big-sisterly attitude.

Spoiler for Oribe Ririko:

VA: Tanaka Chiemi

A girl who hates the provincial Manoyama, but doesn't have the courage to strike out. Since graduating high school, she hasn't been able to find a proper job, and has resorted to locking herself up in her house and surfing the net every day. She becomes anxious towards strangers, and her only friend is Shiori Shinomiya.

Spoiler for Kouzuki Sanae:

VA: Komatsu Mikako

A woman who made the move to the countryside half a year before Yoshino, and is very conscious about appearing interesting to other people. She was born and raised in Tokyo, and got a job at an I.T. company after graduating college, but eventually quit. She longed for a healthy lifestyle of conservation and sustainability, and began renting an old Japanese-style house and does web design for a living.

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