Original artist: MaruKata

According to Moonphase Diary, Kobayashi Ritz’s mahjong manga「咲-Saki-」is confirmed to receive a TV anime adaptation in 2009. The announcement originally comes from this year’s 24th issue of seinen manga magazine Young GanGan. Staff and cast details may be found below…

*Description courtesy of Baka-Updates:

Miyanaga Saki is a high school freshman who doesn’t like mahjong. Ever since she was a child, she would lose her New Year’s gift money during her family mahjong game. If she won, her parents would be upset, and if she lost, well, she lost.
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As a result, she’s learned to play in such a way that her score always remains plus/minus zero: not good enough to win, but not bad enough to lose. When we meet her, she’s being dragged to her school’s mahjong club by an old friend. How will a girl who hates mahjong, yet has become adept at the game as a result of her upbringing, survive in this environment?

*Staff:

  • Director: Ono Manabu (*”Dragonaut - The Resonance,” “Transformers: Cybertron”)
  • Series Composition: Urahata Tatsuhiko (*”Ichigo 100%,” “Monster,” “Murder Princess”)
  • Character Designer / Graphic Art Director: Sasaki Masakatsu
  • 3D Production: SANZIGEN
  • Animation Production: GONZO

*Cast:

  • Miyanaga Saki: Ueda Kana
  • Haramura Nodoka: Koshimizu Ami
  • Kataoka Yuuki: Kugimiya Rie
  • Someya Mako: Shiraishi Ryoko
  • Takei Hisa: Itou Shizuka
  • Suga Kyoutarou: Fukuyama Jun

Source(s): [1], [2], [3]