In Japan, Magical Girls or Mahou Shoujo have become a genre of their own with several anime becoming instant classics like the Pretty Cure series, Sailor Moon, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Card Captor Sakura and Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
Those who become Magical Girls are often young girls from elementary school to high school… with the exception of a certain male high school zombie in Kore wa Zombie desu ka.
Now, imagine what would happen if middle-aged men were to become Magical Girls? A new drama CD will be poking fun at the Magical Girl genre and will feature five middle aged men who must transform into magical girls to save the world.
Zenkawa Works company president Satoshi Zenkawa wants to fulfill his cute granddaughter’s wish- to become a Magical Girl! He is then joined by four other “grandpas” as they form a Magical Girl team known as “Oji Majo 5″.
Satoshi Zenkawa or President Innovation will be voiced by veteran voice actor Jouji Nakata who is known for voicing Kirei Kotomine from the Fate series, Nyanta from Log Horizon and Alucard from Hellsing.
Suntaro Iida or Sunshine Widower will be voiced by Toshihiko Seki. Seki is known for providing the voices of Gensoumaden Saiyuuki’s Sanzo Genjou and Kill la Kill’s Senketsu.
The youngest member, Ryota Soejima or Mid-Career Catharsis will be voiced by Daisuke Namikawa. Namikawa is known for voicing Fairy Tail’s Jellal, Fate/ Zero’s Waver Velvet and Hunter X Hunter’s Hisoka.
The muscular Nao Katada or Global Sales Manager will be voiced by Kazuya Nakai who is known for voicing Gintama’s Toshiro Hijikata, Basara’s Date Masamune and of course, Zoro Roronoa from One Piece.
The team is rounded out by Ryo Inoue or Inoue Ventures. He will be voiced by Yasunori Matsumoto who has provided the voices of Gourry Gabriev from Slayers and Jackie Bryant from Virtua Fighter.
No Magical Girl series will be complete without a cute mascot right? While Madoka has Kyuubey and Sailor Moon has Luna, the Oji Majo 5 will have a cat named Elizabeth who will be voiced by Akira Ishida. ishida is known for voicing Danganronpa’s Byakuya Togami, Gintama’s Kotarou Katsura and Gundam SEED’s Athrun Zala.
The drama CD is produced by Crown Works and will be released next year in 2014.
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"OjiMajo 5" drama CD turns middle-aged men into... Magical Girls?!
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