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SANTA MONICA, CA (September 11, 2017) - Aniplex of America has launched the teaser site for the highly anticipated working comedy, BLEND-S. Based on Miyuki Nakayama's popular manga series by the same name, BLEND-S revolves around a cafe where each of the employees must play a specific persona while working at the cafe. Produced by the acclaimed studio A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online, anohana~The Flower We Saw That Day~), BLEND-S has signed on Yosuke Okuda (High School Fleet, Puella Magi Madoka Magica The Movie Part 3: Rebellion) for Character Designer and Ryoji Masuyama (Gurren Lagann franchise, Occultic;Nine) as Director. BLEND-S is scheduled to premiere on October 7th at 10 AM PDT.

BLEND-S' opening theme song titled "Bon Appeti~t ♥S" will be sung by the 3 main cast members (Azumi Waki, Akari Kito, and Anzu Haruno), who make up the girl group "Blend•A" (pronounced Blend Ace). The show introduces a range of female anime archetypes including theclassic tsundere personality, the little sister (or imouto) type, and the super bossy sadist or Do-S, as it is known in Japan.

"As I've completely become a fan of BLEND-S myself, I'm so happy to be voicing Maika," says Azumi Waki, who plays the main character Maika Sakuranomiya assigned to play the Do-S role in the cafe. "I will do my best to portray all of Maika's different personalities, including the everyday, adorable Maika to her super sadistic side! It's such a wonderful and fun cafe, I wish I actually worked there! Please stay tuned for a peek into the Do-S life!"

To commemorate the premiere of BLEND-S, Aniplex of America is also partnering with Cafe Dulce in Little Tokyo (Los Angeles, CA) for a limited time collaboration event with branded exclusive giveaways in October. More details will follow on the official BLEND-S Facebook page at Facebook.com/BlendS.USA.

CHARACTERS:
Maika Sakuranomiya (Do-S/Super Sadist Type)
Kaho Hinata (Tsundere Type)
Mafuyu Hoshikawa (Imouto/Little Sister Type)

BLEND-S Introduction:
Everything's a treat - even being stomped on - in this outrageous working comedy!

At Cafe Stile, tsundere and imouto (or little sister type) are only a few of the characters the cafe waitresses must act out. Much to her surprise, new hire, Maika, is asked by the cafe manager to take on the role of the super sadist?! As she works hard at her new job, she unexpectedly flourishes as a super sadist and...

BLEND-S Teaser Site: Blend-S.us
BLEND-S Official Facebook Page: Facebook.com/BlendS.USA

STAFF:
Director: Ryoji Masuyama
Original Story: "Blend-S" by Miyuki Nakayama (Houbunsha 'Manga Time Kirara Carat')
Series Composition: Go Zappa
Character Design: Yosuke Okuda
Chief Animation Director: Yosuke Okuda / Takahiro Sasaki / Mio Inoguchi
Prop Design: Mio Inoguchi / Yosuke Aburaya
Art Setting: Kaoru Aoki
Art Director: Megumi Kato
Color Setting: Mayu Morita
Director of Photography: Toshiaki Aoshima
Music: Tomoki Kikuya
Sound Director: Yukio Nagasaki
Animation Production: A-1 Pictures

CAST:
Maika Sakuranomiya: Azumi Waki
Kaho Hinata: Akari Kito
Mafuyu Hoshikawa: Anzu Haruno
Miu Amano: Atsumi Tanezaki
Hideri Kanzaki: Sora Tokui
Dino: Tomoaki Maeno
Koyo Akizuki: Tatsuhisa Suzuki

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