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Posted by bazinga0 pt Monday, March 7, 2011

French Kiss will sing opening for "SKET DANCE" + Kashiwagi Yuki will voice act

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It's been announced that AKB48's sub-unit French Kiss (consisting of Kashiwagi Yuki, Takajo Aki, and Kuramochi Asuka) will be singing the theme song for the anime "SKET DANCE", which starts on April 7th. Kashiwagi will also be voice acting in the anime as the main character Bossun's younger sister, Rumi. This is the first time a song by an AKB48 sub-unit has been used as an anime opening theme.

"SKET DANCE" is a popular manga currently being serialized in "Weekly Shonen Jump" (the same magazine as Naruto, BLEACH, and ONE PIECE). It follows the misadventures of a trio of students known as the Sket Dan, as they attempt to solve the problems of the staff and classmates at their school.

[caption id="attachment_134444" align="aligncenter" width="470" caption="Kashiwagi at her first recording session for Sket Dance."][/caption]

As this is her first time trying to voice act, Kashiwagi commented,
"It was really hard. I received advice from professional voice actors and worked extremely hard... [When voice acting], you have to be aware of things like speaking groggily if it's a scene in the morning, which is something people don't normally notice, so the recording was extremely difficult. It made me appreciate how an anime is made."

She also compared the manga to her group, saying,
"I think 'SKET DANCE' is popular because of the chaos that Sket Dan creates on campus. That part is similar to AKB48. We (French Kiss) are very happy and honored to sing the opening theme for an anime with so many funny and moving moments."

Source & Photo: Oricon Style

  1. FRENCH-KISS
  2. KASHIWAGI-YUKI
  3. SKET-DANCE
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