Those character designs give me Idolmaster vibes.
Yeah, it's been revealed that the character designer is
Akai Toshifumi who did the animation character designs for
Sora no Woto and the currently airing
Kokoro Connect. Both of which many people, myself included, say reminds them of
K-On!'s designs. While I can see this looking at the designs posted in some of the pictures, others times they still look a lot like
Atsushi Nishigori's designs, such as used in
The Idolm@ster, to me.
http://www.fantasistadoll.com/
It hurts to look at some of these character designs.
It reminds me of something, but I can't put my finger on it. Something... bad.
The character design looked really familiar to me, especially the eyes. According to the site though, the animated character designer is
Hiromi Kato, who did the animated designs for
. Is this what reminded you of something bad? Or did I miss the joke? While the hair looks similar the designs otherwise don't really remind me of that show at all.
Someone mentioned the studio working on the show is
Amber Film Works. They apparently worked on
Najica Blitz Tactics and a show called
Okusama wa Mahou Shoujo. It's about a 26 year old girl who's married and a magical girl. So that's like Housewife Mahou Shoujo!
Also, it looks like the
BTOOOM! anime is set for this October, as is
Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo:
http://www.btooom.com/onair/index.html
http://www.sakurasou.tv/
Though for the time being the former's website seems a bit messed up.
...man, we are going to get a media overload from C82, aren't we.
The art looks oreimo-ish.
Yeah, they kind of look somewhat like
Oreimo. According to the website the character designer is
Masahiro Fujii, who did the character designs for shows like
Dream Eater Merry,
Hayate the Combat Butler and
Zero no Tsukaima. I've never seen any of those shows yet but I can recognize them by their character design and
Sakuraso's designs don't look like any of those shows to me.