Earlier we announced that AKB48 will have their very own anime series, “AKB0048″, and 9 of the AKB48 family girls will be voice actresses for the series. So who will it be?

On December 13th, 30 of the AKB48 family members (AKB48, HKT48, NMB48, and SKE48) were chosen to move onto a public final audition in front of a judging panel including Yasushi Akimoto, Shoji Kawamori (chief director, past works include the ‘Macross’ series), Toshimichi Otsuki (executive producer), and Jin Aketagawa (sound director).

After meeting with all 30 of the girls, it was decided that the following 9 would be voice actresses for the series:

1. Watanabe Mayu (AKB48, Team B)
2. Mita Mao (NMB49, Research student)
3. Ishida Haruka (AKB48, Team B)
4. Sumire Sato (AKB48, Team B)
5. Sawako Hata (SKE48, Team KII)
6. Sayaka Nakaya (AKB48, Team A)
7. Kumi Yagami (SKE48, Team S)
8. Iwata Karen (AKB48, Research Student)
9. Amina Sato (AKB48, Team A)

Honorable mentions also went out to Takeuchi Miyu (AKB48, Team 4), Murashige Anna (HKT48, First Class), Kinoshita Momoka (NMB48, Research Student), and Furukawa Airi (SKE48, Team KII).

Congratulations to all the girls!! Now to look forward to the series…

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