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Muse India Streams Accel World, Wasteful Days of High School Girl Anime
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Accel World premiered in April 2012.
Muse Asia describes the anime:
Set in the year 2046, Neuro-Synchronization allows humans to virtually manipulate their five senses, where people can access the internet and enter virtual worlds via Neuro-Linkers. The series follows Haruyuki "Haru" Arita, a short, fat boy who has low self-esteem due to being bullied at school which Haru vents his frustrations in virtual world games. Haruyuki soon gets the attention of Kuroyukihime, the Student Council Vice-President who invites him into the "Accelerated World" called Brain Burst, a program that allows users to make time appear to stand still in their surroundings by "accelerating" their brainwaves in the real world. But in order to gain more points to accelerate, Brain Burst users fight each other in a virtual reality massive multiplayer online (VRMMO) fighting game where losing all of your points means you can never use Brain Burst again. Grateful for helping him, Haruyuki vows to help Kuroyukihime defeat the "Six Kings of Color", the leaders of the most powerful factions in Brain Burst and obtain Level 10 to ultimately learn why the "Accelerated World" was created.
Masakazu Obara directed the anime at Sunrise with CG work by Orange. Hiroyuki Yoshino oversaw the series scripts, and Yukiko Aikei served as character designer and animation director.
The franchise had two OVAs that were bundled with the Accel World: Ginyoku no Kakusei and Accel World: Kasoku no Chōten PS3/PSP games in 2012 and 2013, respectively.
The Accel World: Infinite Burst anime film opened in Japan in July 2016.
The manga centers on three girls: Tanaka, nicknamed "Idiot" for her low test scores; Kikuchi, nicknamed "Ota" for her obsession with boys-love stories; and Saginomiya, nicknamed "Robot" for being a genius but emotionless. Together with a colorful cast of characters, the hopeless girls live wasteful days of youth.
Takeo Takahashi (Hinako Note, The Island of Giant Insects) was the chief director, and Hijiri Sanpei (episode director for MAOYU, Magic Kaito: Kid the Phantom Thief) directed the anime at Passione. Masahiro Yokotani (All Out!!, Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club) was in charge of series composition. Sachiko Yasuda (Seven Mortal Sins) was in charge of character designs and was chief animation director. Tomoki Kikuya (Hidamari Sketch, Squid Girl) composed the music.
Bino serializes the manga in Comic Newtype, Nico Nico Seiga, and pixiv Comic.
The manga inspired a live-action series adaptation that premiered on TV Asahi in January 2020.
Source: Muse India's YouTube channel
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