新蔷薇少女

A new television animation series based on the fantasy comic of the same name by PEACH-PIT, serialized in Weekly Young Jump. Directed by Mamoru Hatakeyama of "Sankarea," series composition and script by Tomomi Mochizuki of "House of Five Leaves," character design and chief animation direction by Kyuta Sakai of "Humanity Has Declined." The voice cast for the Rozen Maiden (蔷薇乙女) includes Miyuki Sawashiro, Rie Tanaka, Sakura Nogawa, Natsuko Kuwatani, and Rika Morinaga, continuing from the first anime series "Rozen Maiden" broadcast in 2004. The story begins when university student Jun Sakurada, who never met the "Fifth Rozen Maiden" Shinku, receives a plea for help from his middle school self, sparking a new battle among the antique dolls.