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Pied Piper Licenses the ‘Skip Beat!’ Anime

Pied Piper, Inc. has announced that they will be holding another crowdfunding campaign following the success of their Kickstarter campaign for Time of Eve in 2013. From March 1-31, 2016, Pied Piper will be holding a campaign on Indiegogo to release the Skip Beat! anime adaptation on DVD and Blu-ray in North America. They have already licensed the series and now need money to cover the costs of producing a home video release. Pied Piper describes the series as follows:

In the 25-episode shojo series, 16-year-old Kyoko Mogami is devastated to learn that her long-time crush Sho Fuwa has been using her as a servant while he waltzes to stardom. She vows to beat him at his own game and joins a rival talent agency, and in the process transforms from a docile people-pleaser to ingenious creative talent. The anime’s riveting story arcs include Kyoko’s discovery of friendship with fellow actress Kanae (“Moko”) Kotonami and her tumultuous relationship with romance-challenged star Ren Tsuruga, who slowly leads her away from revenge and returns her to the path of love.

The company’s goal is to source at least $210,000 USD, which will also cover the cost for a ‘basic’ English dub. The English dub will be produced by Mela Lee, Cristina Vee and Jason C. Miller. There will be stretch goals to enable Pied Pier to hire well-known voice actors, ADR directors and scriptwriters. The Indiegogo campaign page can be found here.

K. Roberts
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From November 2014 to September 2017, this author covered as much anime news as possible, and published several dozen reviews of anime and Cartoon Network titles thanks primarily to Madman and Hanabee.