Maesetsu!
Maesetsu!: Opening Act 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.
Characters
Owarai geinin
;Tokonatsu
;RDeco
;Tundra / Money&Kane
;JK Cool
;Freak!
;BAN BAN BAN
;NON STYLE
;Spike
;Yoshimoto New Comedy
;TEEUP
;Woman Rush Hour
Other characters
;Hajime Nakama
;Manager
;Carlos Ali
;Aunt Keiko
;Haruna Funakoshi
;Shiho Siina
;Ms. Hirano
;JK Cool Manager Yamada
Media
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! 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.