Maesetsu!: Opening Act

 (まえせつ！, MAESETSU -opening act-) is a Japanese anime series produced in collaboration between Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ. It is set for a 2020 release.

Plot summary
Join four young girls trying to make a breakthrough in the entertainment industry as owarai. With their hearts and ambitions in each of their hands, they aim to perform at the Nanba Grand Kagetsu Hall in Osaka. Meanwhile, the girls diligently hone their comedic craft amid their part-time jobs and start from the bottom doing gigs in Shibuya.

Production
The anime is anime original series and was co-animated by both Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ studios. It is scheduled to last for 12 episodes.

Media
A Manga adaptation is currently in serialization since July 27, 2020, which is released by Monthly Comic Alive. As of November 2020, a single tankōbon volume has been released.

Music
Opening Theme: "Pippippi Happy" by Hiromi Igarashi, Sakura Nakamura, Naomi Ōzora, Aguri Ōnishi

Ending Theme: "Ikagawashii Viking" by Hiromi Igarashi, Sakura Nakamura, Naomi Ōzora, Aguri Ōnishi

Tokonatsu

 * Aguri Ōnishi as Fubuki Kitakaze
 * Naomi Ōzora as Mafuyu Kogarashi

R凸

 * Sakura Nakamura as Nayuta Asōgi
 * Hiromi Igarashi as Rin Araya

Tsundora

 * Yūki Takada as Manatsu Kogarashi
 * Nozomi Furuki as Kanae Kanari

JK Cool

 * Asuka Aida as Eru Kusaba
 * Ayaka Shimizu as Arashi Waraino

Freak!

 * Junki Tomita as Himself
 * Hatsuna Ubuno as Herself

BAN BAN BAN

 * Masatake Yamamoto as Himself
 * Hiromi Sameshima as Himself

Spike

 * Shiho Matsuura as Herself
 * Haruna Ogawa as Herself

TEEUP

 * Masaru Maeda as Himself
 * Hiroshi Hasegawa as Himself

Woman Rush Hour

 * Daisuke Muramoto as Himself
 * Paradise Nakagawa as Himself

Other owarai geinin

 * Yūsuke Inoue as Himself
 * Keiko Matsuura as Herself

Other characters

 * Risako Murai as Hajime Nakama
 * Kentarō Tone as Manager
 * Seirou Ogino as Carlos Ali
 * Rei Shimoda as Aunt Keiko
 * Shizuku Hoshinoya as Haruna Funakoshi
 * Yūko Mori as Shiho Siina
 * Aya Hirano as Ms. Hirano
 * Seirou Ogino as Baron House Manager