Cinderella Nine


Cinderella Nine is a free-to-play mobile video game for iOS and Android published by Akatsuki and Kadokawa. It was released in Japan on June 27, 2017. A four-panel comedy spin-off manga series by Bkub Okawa titled Hachi Nai Gaiden: Senryoku Gai! Katato-chan and a novelization titled Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine ～Before Summer～ are being serialized on the game's official website. A 4-episode original net animation adaptation of the four-panel manga titled Katato the Animation was streamed between May and June 2017, and an anime television series adaptation of the original game by TMS Entertainment aired from April 7 to July 7, 2019.

Characters

;Tsubasa Arihara
;Ryō Shinonome
;Yūki Nozaki
;Tomoe Kawakita
;Akane Ukita
;Waka Suzuki
;Ayaka Nakano
;Yoshimi Iwaki
;Aoi Asada
;Maiko Kurashiki
;Kana Tsukumo
;Maria Hase
;Shiho Nōmi
;Momoko Kakehashi

Media

Game

The mobile game published by Akatsuki and Kadokawa was released for iOS and Android on June 27, 2017. An animated trailer by A-1 Pictures was streamed prior to the game's publication on July 31, 2016. The game is free-to-play.

Manga

A four-panel comedy spin-off manga series by Bkub Okawa titled Hachi Nai Gaiden: Senryoku Gai! Katato-chan is being serialized on the game's official website alongside the novelization. As of November 5, 2019, seventy-two chapters of the manga have been released so far.

Novel

A novelization titled Hachigatsu no Cinderella Nine: Before Summer is also being serialized on the official website alongside the four-panel manga. Twelve chapters of the novel have been released so far.

Web animation

An original net animation adaptation of the four-panel manga titled Katato the Animation was streamed on the game's official website and YouTube channel between May and June 2017 with four short episodes. Mako Morino voiced the characters in the anime.

Anime

On July 30, 2018, the official Twitter account of the original game announced that an anime television series adaptation of the game would be produced. The staff and release date for the series were announced on October 25, 2018. The series is directed by Susumu Kudo and animated by TMS Entertainment, with Jin Tanaka writing the scripts and Takayuki Noguchi designing the characters. The cast reprised their roles from the game. It aired from April 7 to July 7, 2019 on TV Tokyo and other channels. The broadcast of episode 8 was delayed for 3 weeks, due to coverage of the 2019 French Open. Sentai Filmworks licensed the show on December 2019 for release across various regions including the Americas, Europe, and Oceania.
The opening theme is "Etude" performed by Mewhan, while the ending theme is a cover of Noriyuki Makihara's song "Donna Toki mo", performed by Nozomi Nishida, Reina Kondō, Saki Minami, and Honoka Inoue under their respective character names. Crunchyroll streamed the series.
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