Naria Girls
{{short description|Japanese anime television series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Naria Girls
| image = Naria girls.png
| caption = Main visual, featuring (left to right) Animaru, Hanabi, Urara and Inaho
| ja_kanji = 魔法少女? なりあ☆がーるず
| ja_romaji = Mahō Shōjo? Naria☆Garuzu
| genre = Magical girl{{Cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-13/maho-shojo-naria-girls-anime-from-gdgd-fairies-staff-announces-main-cast/.103189|title=Mahō Shōjo? Naria Girls Anime From gdgd Fairies Staff Announces Main Cast|website=Anime News Network|language=en|access-date=2019-06-24|archive-date=2019-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624124247/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-13/maho-shojo-naria-girls-anime-from-gdgd-fairies-staff-announces-main-cast/.103189|url-status=live}}
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = TV series
| title = Mahō Shōjo? Naria Girls
| director = Kōtarō Ishidate
| producer =
| writer =
| music =
| studio = Bouncy
| licensee = {{English anime licensee|1=TBA|2=Crunchyroll}}
| network_en =
| first = July 6, 2016
| last = September 22, 2016
| episodes = 12
| episode_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
Naria Girls known in Japan as {{Nihongo|Mahō Shōjo? Naria Girls|魔法少女? なりあ☆がーるず|Mahō Shōjo? Naria☆Garuzu|"Magical Girl? Naria Girls"}} is a Japanese anime television series produced by Bouncy studio. The series is marketed as a "user participation" anime by its producers.{{cite news|title=Crunchyroll to Stream This Art Club Has a Problem!, Naria Girls Anime|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-07-06/crunchyroll-to-stream-this-art-club-has-a-problem-naria-girls-anime/.104044|accessdate=15 September 2016|work=Anime News Network|date=7 July 2016|archive-date=12 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012180251/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-07-06/crunchyroll-to-stream-this-art-club-has-a-problem-naria-girls-anime/.104044|url-status=live}} The name of the series makes use of a pun; "Nariagaru" which means "rising in the world".{{cite news|last1=Marcias|first1=Patrick|title=Crunchyroll to Stream "Naria Girls" Anime|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/07/06-1/crunchyroll-to-stream-naria-girls-anime|accessdate=15 September 2016|work=Crunchyroll|date=7 July 2016|archive-date=18 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918124933/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/07/06-1/crunchyroll-to-stream-naria-girls-anime|url-status=live}}
Plot
Urara, Hanabi, and Inaho aim to become popular throughout Japan by rendering themselves in the anime medium. They decide that the theme of their anime would be magical girls in order to appeal to a wide demographic; from children to adults. The three broadcast their one-cour magical girl anime to the public.
Character
;{{nihongo|Urara|うらら}}
:{{voiced by|Seria Fukagawa}}
;{{nihongo|Hanabi|はなび}}
:{{voiced by|Aoi Koga}}{{cite web|title=Mahō Shōjo? Naria Girls Anime From gdgd Fairies Staff Announces Main Cast|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-13/maho-shojo-naria-girls-anime-from-gdgd-fairies-staff-announces-main-cast/.103189|website=Anime News Network|accessdate=15 September 2016|date=14 June 2016|archive-date=19 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919224435/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-06-13/maho-shojo-naria-girls-anime-from-gdgd-fairies-staff-announces-main-cast/.103189|url-status=live}}
;{{nihongo|Inaho|いなほ}}
:{{voiced by|Yūki Kuwahara}}
;{{nihongo|Animaru|アニまる}}
Production
Naria Girls was produced by the Bouncy, an animation studio, with the use of Kigurumi Live Animator KiLA, a real-time live animation software. The software was used to animate the CGI-rendered characters real-time through motion capture. Okazu Misoyama was responsible for the character design of the series.
Media
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Naria Girls premiered in Japan on July 6, 2016 on Tokyo MX with the series also broadcast on Sun TV as well as streamed in NicoNico service in Japan.
The theme song of the series entitled {{nihongo|"We Are Naria ☆ Girls"|We are なりあ☆がーるず}} was performed by Seria Fukagawa, Aoi Koga, and Yūki Kuwahara, the three main cast. Hajime who also performs the theme song was responsible for the arrangement of the song and Jun'ichi Inoue was behind the composition.
Crunchyroll announced in July 2016 that it has acquired rights to stream the anime with stream dates and regional availability yet to be disclosed.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://nariagirls.com/}} {{in lang|ja}}
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Category:2016 Japanese television series debuts