#The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Releases Main Trailer

The main trailer for The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant anime adaptation has been released. 

It features new scenes of the cast, a showcase of the show’s compositing, and a preview of Lezel‘s “Mikanse Rendezvous” opening song.

The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies is premiering on July 9 JST. The anime is based on the 4-koma manga by the late Cocoa Fujiwara (Inu x Boku SS). The plot is described as:

The lieutenant is merciless and cunning. He’s the brains behind the organization and righthand man to the king. Byakuya, a jinxed magical girl is the one in charge of standing up to the earth invasion. Mira, the evil lieutenant, is supposed to face off against the girl and unexpectedly falls in love at first sight… This is the story of the magical girl and the evil lieutenant who used to be enemies. Refusing to kill (and love) each other, what will become of the couple—?

The manga was serialized in Square Enix’s Gangan Joker from September 2013 to March 2015 and has been collected into three tankoubon volumes. It is Fujiwara’s last work.

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• Director: Akiyo Ohashi (The Stranger by the Shore) 
• Series composer and scriptwriter: Yuniko Ayana (BanG Dream! It’s MyGO!!!!!)
• Character designer: Haruko Iizuka (Horimiya, Josee, the Tiger and the Fish)
• Sub-character designer: Nobuhiro Arai (Bungo Stray Dogs)
• Art director: Yumiko Kuga (Deaimon)
• Art director: Takumi Onitani
• Color designer: Yukari Goto (Bungo Stray Dogs)
• Compositing director: Tsuyoshi Kanbayashi (Bungo Stray Dogs, Josee, the Tiger and the Fish)
• Music composer: MAYUKO (Ranking of Kings) 
• Animation production: Bones

Cast

• Yuki Ono as Mira
• Mai Nakahara as Byakuya Mimori
• Shinichiro Miki as Mitsukai (cat)
• Mariya Ise as Hibana Kagari,
• Hikaru Midorikawa as Mitsukai (bird)