Akiba Maid War: HiDive Announces English Dub Premiere Date

It’s been a bad weekend for AMC network affiliated streaming services after the announcement of the untimely death of the network’s fantastic Pantheon series, maybe this will help. HiDive has announced a January 14th start date for Akiba Maid War. The cast for the English dub has been announced here.

Akiba Maid War is an original Japanese anime television series produced by Cygames and P.A. Works. It is directed by Sōichi Masui and written by Yoshihiro Hiki, and features character designs by Manabu Nii and music by Yoshihiro Ike. The synopsis reads as follows.

Synopsis:

In the spring of 1999, bright-eyed Nagomi Wahira moves to Akihabara with dreams of joining a maid café. She quickly dons an apron at café Ton Tokoton, AKA the Oinky Doink Café, but adjusting to life in the big city isn’t easy. Paired with the dour Ranko who never smiles, Nagomi must do her best to elevate the Oinky Doink Café over all other maid cafés vying for top ranking, but she soon discovers not everything is as it seems amid the frills and thrills of the maid cafés of Akihabara…