GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class Anime Leak

What started out as a leaked news from some random market research survey, will probably end with a new anime being added to next year's line-up. The report points to Satoko Kiyuzuki's 4-koma manga GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class as getting an anime adaptation, to be developed by studio AIC (Anime International Company) and directed by Hiroaki Sakurai (Di Gi Charat).



The GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class manga began in 2004 as a slice-of-life high-school art-class thingie, and is still ongoing, with 2 volumes apparently compiled to date. Five freshman lolis make out make up the cast of said manga, and their seiyuu correspondants are already known. Allegedly.

Kisaragi: Haruka Tomatsu (Kannagi's Nagi, To Love Ru's Lala)
Noda-Miki: Ai Tokunaga (Kiddy Grade's Viola)
Tomokane: Miyuki Sawashiro (Utawarerumono's Aruru, Ex Machina's Hitomi)
Namiko-san: Yui Horie (Manabi Straight's Manami, Higurashi's Hanyuu)
Kyouju: Kaori Nazuka (Eureka Seven's Eureka, Innocent Venus's Sana)

Meanwhile, Yen Press is toilering on their English translation of the GA manga, whose first localized volume should be released in April 2009.