Maesetsu!

Maesetsu!: Opening Act (まえせつ！) is an original Japanese anime television series co-animated by Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ. The series aired from October to December 2020, while a manga adaptation by Hato Kannazuki was serialized from July 2020 to May 2021 in Monthly Comic Alive.

Owarai geinin

 * Tokonatsu (とこなつ)
 * Fubuki Kitakaze (北風 ふぶき)
 * Mafuyu Kogarashi (凩 まふゆ)
 * Mafuyu Kogarashi (凩 まふゆ)


 * RDeco (R凸)
 * Rin Araya (新谷 りん)
 * Nayuta Asōgi (朝生祇 なゆた)
 * Nayuta Asōgi (朝生祇 なゆた)


 * Tundra / Money&Kane (つんどら / マネー&カネー)
 * Manatsu Kogarashi (凩 まなつ)
 * Kanae Kanari (金成 かなえ)
 * Kanae Kanari (金成 かなえ)


 * JK Cool (JKクール)
 * Eru Kusaba (草葉 える)
 * Arashi Waraino (藁猪野 あらし)
 * Arashi Waraino (藁猪野 あらし)


 * Freak! (ふりいくっ!)
 * Junki Tomita (富田 純基)
 * Ubu no Hatsuna (うぶのハツナ)
 * Ubu no Hatsuna (うぶのハツナ)


 * BAN BAN BAN
 * Masatake Yamamoto (山本 正剛)
 * Hiromi Sameshima (鮫島 一六三)
 * Hiromi Sameshima (鮫島 一六三)


 * NON STYLE
 * Yūsuke Inoue (謎のお客さん / NON STYLE 井上 / 井上 裕介)
 * Akira Ishida (石田 明)
 * Akira Ishida (石田 明)


 * Spike (スパイク)
 * Shiho Matsuura (松浦 志穂)
 * Haruna Ogawa (小川 暖奈)
 * Haruna Ogawa (小川 暖奈)


 * Yoshimoto New Comedy (吉本新喜劇)
 * Keiko Matsuura (松浦 景子)


 * TEEUP (ティーアップ)
 * Masaru Maeda (前田 勝)
 * Hiroshi Hasegawa (長谷川 宏)
 * Hiroshi Hasegawa (長谷川 宏)


 * Woman Rush Hour (ウーマンラッシュアワー)
 * Daisuke Muramoto (村本 大輔)
 * Paradise Nakagawa (中川 パラダイス)
 * Paradise Nakagawa (中川 パラダイス)

Other characters

 * Hajime Nakama (中間 はじめ)


 * Manager (男爵邸 店長)


 * Carlos Ali (男爵邸 カーロス・アリ)


 * Aunt Keiko (男爵邸 けいこおばちゃん)


 * Haruna Funakoshi (船越 はるな)


 * Shiho Siina (椎名 しほ)


 * Ms. Hirano (平野 先生)


 * JK Cool Maneger Yamada (JKクール マネージャー 山田)

Light novel
A light novel written by Touko Machida and illustrated by Kagami Yoshimizu was released on December 10, 2020 entitled Opening Act of Maesetsu! (まえせつ!のまえせつ) by Kadokawa Shoten.

Manga
A manga adaptation illustrated by Hato Kannazuki launched in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive on July 27, 2020, and it ended on May 27, 2021. Two tankōbon volumes were released between November 21, 2020 and June 23, 2021.

Anime
On July 10, 2019, Kadokawa announced that an original anime television series involving scriptwriter Shōta Gotō and Kagami Yoshimizu, the author of Lucky Star, was in production. The series is animated by Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ, with Yuu Nobuta as director. Touko Machida, Shōta Gotō and Joe Itou are writing the scripts, Katsuzo Hirata is designing the characters, and Satoru Kōsaki, Oliver Good and Keita Inoue are composing the series' music. The series was originally scheduled to premiere in July 2020, but was delayed to October 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The series aired from October 11 to December 27, 2020. Act 0 of the series premiered on October 4, 2020. Funimation acquired the series and is streaming it on its website in North America and the British Isles, and on AnimeLab in Australia and New Zealand. The series ran for 12 episodes.