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New PV, Cast, & Visual Unveiled For Fate/Apocrypha Anime


It truly is turning into a fateful year, isn’t it?

Yesterday, the official Fate/Apocrypha anime website updated with a new promo video, visual, and cast list, along with several new staff members.

Promo Video

The minute-long teaser confirms the show’s cast, while confirming the new cast and staff members. The trailer also reveals that Fate/Apocrypha will hit Japanese TV in July.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5g8a4u_fate-apocrypha-tv-anime-pv2_tv

Key Visual

The image features Saber of Black against a white background. His shadow bleeds out to the top-right corner, enveloping his sword.

Cast

The series will star:

  • Ruler: Maaya Sakamoto
  • Sieg: Natsuki Hanae
  • Black Saber: Junichi Suwabe
  • Shirō Kotomine: Kouki Uchiyama
  • Red Saber: Miyuki Sawashiro
  • Red Archer: Saori Hayami
  • Red Lancer: Koji Yusa
  • Red Rider: Makoto Furukawa
  • Red Caster: Tetsu Inada
  • Red Berserker: Satoshi Tsuruoka
  • Red Assassin: Kei Shindou
  • Black Archer: Shunsuke Takeuchi
  • Black Lancer: Ryotaro Okiayu
  • Black Rider: Rumi Ookubo
  • Black Caster: Mitsuru Miyamoto
  • Black Berserker: Ai Nonaka
  • Black Assassin: Sakura Tange

Additional Staff

The following staff members were confirmed in the latest trailer:

  • Sub-Character Design: Tomoko Sudo
  • Prop Design: Kazuma Tanaka, Kiminori Itō
  • Monster Design: Hidekazu Ebina
  • Action Director: Hayao Enokido, Takahito Sakazume
  • Art Director: Kazuhiro Inoue
  • Background Art: Nobuhito Sue
  • Color Key: Takahiro Mogi, Makiko Doi
  • CG Director: Hiroshi Nakajima
  • Director of Photography: Masaharu Okazaki
  • Editing: Ayumu Takahashi
  • Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
  • Sound Production: HALF H·P STUDIO

Fate/Apocrypha will hit Japanese TV in July. The series will air on Tokyo MX, BS11, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, and MBS. Netflix is the exclusive digital distributor for the series as of press time.

Yoshiyuki Asai will direct the Fate/Apocrypha anime at A-1 Pictures, with Yūkei Yamada providing character designs. Series author Yuichiro Higashide is in charge of series composition, while Masaru Yokoyama (Arakawa Under the Bridge, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans) composes the music.

Yuichiro Higashide and Type-Moon kicked off the Fate/Apocrypha novels in 2012. The series spans five volumes, with the final book hitting retailers on December 30, 2014. Higashide kicked off a manga adaptation with illustrator Akira Ishida on April 15, in the pages of Kadokawa Shoten’s Comp Ace magazine. The first collected volume was officially released in August. The Volume 2 is slated for a January 26 release.

Source: Otakomu, Twitter (FateApocryphaTV)

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Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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