'Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?!' Anime Reveals Key Visual, Main Trailer for Special Edited Compilation
The official website for the anime adaptation of Yū Toyota's Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! (30-sai Dōtei da to Mahō Tsukai ni Nareru Rashii) manga revealed the key visual and main trailer for its special edited compilation screening on Thursday. The video reveals and previews the new ending theme song "Love Candle" performed by Kiyoshi Adachi (as voiced by Chiaki Kobayashi), Yūichi Kurosawa (as voiced by Ryōta Suzuki), Masato Tsuge (as voiced by Makoto Furukawa), and Minato Wataya (as voiced by Gen Sato). The special edited compilation will feature Adachi and Kurosawa's journey to their love story, new recordings of the anime's main cast Chiaki Kobayashi and Ryōta Suzuki, and will include episodes that were not depicted in the television anime. The anime's director Yoshiko Okuda is directing the special edited compilation. The new ending theme song is included in the anime's soundtrack CD album that will release on December 11.The television anime debuted on January 10. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired, and is also streaming an English dub.Chiaki Kobayashi stars as 30-year-old salaryman Kiyoshi Adachi, and Ryōta Suzuki as his elite, handsome co-worker Yūichi Kurosawa. Other cast members include Makoto Furukawa as Masato Tsuge, Gen Sato as Minato Wataya, Yusuke Shirai as Yuta Rokkaku, and Ami Koshimizu as Nozomi Fujisaki.Yoshiko Okuda (Kakuriyo -Bed & Breakfast for Spirits-) directed the anime at Satelight. Takahiro Kishida (Durarara!!, Haikyu!!, Puella Magi Madoka Magica) designed the characters, and Tomoko Konparu (Kakuriyo -Bed & Breakfast for Spirits-, Uta no Prince-sama - Maji Love 1000%, Nodame Cantabile) oversaw the series scripts. Tomoki Hasegawa composed the music.Square Enix Manga & Books licensed the manga, and it describes the story: The manga began serialization on pixiv's Gangan pixiv service in 2018.The manga inspired a Japanese live-action television series that premiered on TV Tokyo in October 2020. Crunchyroll began streaming the series outside Japan in December 2020. The television series itself inspired a two-episode net spinoff that debuted on the Tsutaya Premium streaming service in December 2020. The series received a live-action film sequel that opened in Japan in April 2022.The manga also inspired a live-action Thai series.Sources: Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! anime's website, Comic Natalie
