“Prima Doll” Anime Set To Stream On HIDIVE

Jun 17

Sentai Filmworks announced that they have acquired exclusive rights to the upcoming anime “Prima Doll”. HIDIVE will simulcast the anime as it airs in Japan as part of their Summer 2022 Anime Season. The fantasy anime is set to be released on July 8, 2022.

HIDIVE will simulcast the series to audiences worldwide (excluding Asia). Sentai also announced it will release the anime on home video at a later date. In addition, “Prima Doll” will be premiering at the 2022 Anime Expo in Los Angeles on July 2, 2022.

Sentai Filmworks “Prima Doll” Synopsis: Café “Kuronekotei” boasts an unusual roster of employees. A group of automata, or autonomous mechanical dolls, serve their patrons with a smile, but they weren’t always so suited to domestic life. Just a few years prior, automata served as weapons in the great war, fulfilling the bloody purpose for which they were created. Now that the war has ended, these machines with human hearts search for their place in an unfamiliar, peaceful world — and their search begins at the Kuronekotei café.

The anime stars Azumi Waki as “Haizakura”, Tomori Kusunoki as “Karasuba”, Miyu Tomita as “Gekka”, Yuki Nakashima as “Hokiboshi”, and Akari Kito as “Retzel”. The opening theme song is "Tin Toy Melody" by Chat Noir, a group comprised of the anime's five main voice actresses as their characters.

Bibury Animation Studios will be producing the anime with Tensho directing. The anime will be a part of a mixed media project, which was announced in October 2020 by Visual Arts/Key. The project will include figures, a short story serialization, and web novels.

Sources: Sentai Filmworks website, Twitter and press release. Prima Doll website and Twitter. Key Twitter. Bibury Animation Twitter. Anime Expo website.