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Gainax Posts New Magica Wars Key Visual

The official website for the anime of the Magica Wars (Mahō Shōjo Taisen, or literally "Magical Girl Wars") project posted a main visual.

Magica Wars is a cross-media project that personifies the 47 prefectures of Japan. The voice cast members for the prefectures were born in the prefecture each represent:

• Miho Arakawa as Naruko Aoba (Miyagi Prefecture)
• Kouichi Yamadera as Takesuzume (lit. Bamboo Sparrow, Miyagi)
• Ryoko Shintani as Yuri Inuwashi (Ishikawa)
• Ryōta Takeuchi as Shishiku (Ishikawa)
• Rie Murakawa as Rin Kobari (Tokyo)
• Satomi Arai as Mosuke (Tokyo)
• Yoshino Nanjō as Matsuri Azama (Shizuoka)
• Mitsuo Iwata as Toro (Shizuoka)
• Mikako Komatsu as Suzuka Kamiki (Mie)
• Shigeru Chiba as Ebizō (Mie)
• Kotori Koiwai as Mebuki Konoe (Kyoto)
• Arisa Nishiguchi as Oage-san (Kyoto)
• Yuka Terasaki as Renka Ariake (Kumamoto)
• Kappei Yamaguchi as Esora (Kumamoto)

The TV anime will premiere on April 8 with the following staff:

Staff

• Original Work: Ken Matsui, Momoka Itō (2.5 Jigen TV), Gainax
• Director: Ayano Ohnoki
• Character Design: Mariko Kawamoto (Gainax)
• Producer: Yoshinori Asao
• Scripts: Kazuho Hyodo
• Sound Director: Kisuke Koizumi
• Animation Production: Gainax

[Via NicoTubeAnime]