The media distribution serviceCrunchyrollannounced on Thursday that it will stream the animeadaptation ofKarino Takatsu'sServant × Service manga.Crunchyroll will premiere the series on July 4 at 4:00 p.m. EDT for users in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Central America, and South America.

Yasutaka Yamamoto (Valkyria Chronicles,Squid Girl Season 2,Problem children are coming from another world, aren't they?) is directingServant × Service atA-1 Pictures off of scripts byTaketo Shimoyama (Bleach,Gintama, Gintama').Terumi Nishii (Kimi no Iru Machi,Penguindrum) is adapting Takatsu's character designs for animation,Half HP Studio is handling the sound production, andAkiko Fujita (Blade of the Immortal,Happy Kappy,Chibi Devi!) is serving as sound director.monaca (Working!!) is composing the music.

The slice-of-life comedy mangacenters on the employees of a government ward office in a city in Hokkaido. The story follows the daily lives of the health and welfare division members. The series starsAi Kayano,Tatsuhisa Suzuki,Mai Nakahara,Aki Toyosaki,Takahiro Sakurai, Rumi Ookubo, andMikako Takahashi.

The anime will premiere in Japan on July 4.

Aniplex of Americaannounced last week that it has licensed the show and plans to release it on home video.