# “Smile Down the Runway” Reveals New TV Commercial, Key Visual, Cast Member
<p class="MsoNormal">The official website of the upcoming anime adaptation of fashion manga <em>Smile Down the Runway</em> <em>(Runway de Waratte)</em> has just revealed a new TV commercial, which previews the anime’s opening theme song <em>“Lion”. </em>The OP is performed by female anisong singer Ami Sakaguchi. Check out the TV ad <a href="https://youtu.be/2xMNw2fnpeg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The official website also revealed a new key visual.</p>
<p><img src="http://a.nime.me/0168/7512/smile-down-the-runway-reveals-7.png" alt="" width="627" height="875" /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In addition, it was also revealed that Junichi Suwabe (Archer in <em>Fate/stay night </em>and <em>Fate/Grand Order</em>, Shota Aizawa in <em>My Hero Academia</em>) will be joining the series’ cast. He will be voicing the character Hazime Yanagida, an up-and-coming fashion designer who is managing his own brand that is named after him. He hopes to establish his brand and make it global by attending the Paris Fashion Week.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Female protagonist Chiyuki Fujito will be voiced by Yumiri Hanamori, who also lent her voice to <em>Happy Sugar Life</em>’s Asahi Kobe and <em>Laid-Back Camp</em>’s Nadeshiko Kagamihara, among others. On the other hand, male protagonist Ikuto Tsumura will be voiced by Natsuki Hanae, who also voiced Yuna D. Kaito from <em>Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card Arc </em>as well as Taichi Yagami from <em>Digimon Adventure tri</em>, among others.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The series will be directed by Nobuyoshi Nagayama (<em>Happy Sugar Life, My Girlfriend is a Shobitch</em>), with Touko Machida (<em>Lucky Star</em>) in charge of series composition and Misaki Kaneko (chief animation director for <em>Fruits Basket</em>) in charge of character design. Studio Ezo’la (<em>Happy Sugar Life</em>) will be animating the series.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em>Smile Down the Runway </em>was released in May 2017 and has been serialized in Kodansha’s <em>Weekly Shonen Magazine </em>ever since<em>. </em>So far, 12 <em>tankobon </em>volumes have been released for the manga. The manga is also being released digitally by Kodansha Comics in North America.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kodansha describes the manga’s story as such:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em>“Chiyuki Fujito has a dream: to become a Paris Collection model. The problem is, she's too short to be a model, and everyone around her tells her so! But no matter what they say, she won't give up. Her classmate, a poor student named Ikuto Tsumura, also has a dream: to become a fashion designer. One day Chiyuki tells him that it's “”probably impossible”” for him, causing him to consider giving it up … ?! This is the story of two individuals wholeheartedly chasing after their dreams in spite of all the negativity that comes after them!”</em></p>
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