Hopeless 5 Idols Flying in TV Anime Dropout Idol Fruit Tart Teaser Visual

An official teaser site for the forthcoming TV anime adaptation of So Hamayumiba (Hanayamata)'s four-panel comedy manga Ochikobore Fruit Tart / Dropout Idol Fruit Tart is opened today with a teaser visual featuring its five main idol girls.

The manga has been serialized in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Carat since November 2014, has so far released four tankobon volumes in Japan. Keiichiro Kawaguchi (Frame Arms Girl) serves as director/co-series composition writer (with Tatsuya Takahashi) of the TV anime adaptation. Sumie Kinoshita (Girlish Number) designs the anime characters, Feel (Please Tell Me! Galko-chan, ISLAND) works on anime production. Its broadcast schedule has not yet been finalized.

Main voice cast:

Ino Sakura: Hiyori Nitta
Roko Sekino: Risa Kubota
Hayu Nukui: Haruka Shiraishi
Nina Maehara: Reina Kondo
Hemo Midori: Kyoka Moriya

Synopsis:

At the forth dormitory of Rat Production, called Nezumi-sou (Mouse Apartment), three girls who have failed in their professional career: Roko Sekino (former child actress), Hayu Nukui (musician), and Nina Maehara (model) have lived together. One day, a girl named Sakura Ino, who has a dream of becoming an idol, comes to such a place. As soon as she arrives, however, it is decided that the dormitory will be demolished. In order to stop the demolition of their dormitory, the residents decide to form an idol unit "Fruit Tart" with the aim of repaying a debt of 100 million yen.

Teaser visual: