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Anime Expo 2017: Netflix to Launch Fate/Apocrypha Anime On 11/7/2017


Apparently, the fates will align this November, for those of us across the globe.

Earlier today, A-1 Pictures announced that the Fate/Apocrypha anime will make its debut outside of Japan on November 7. The series will stream as a Netflix Original, though specific regions haven’t been specified.

The series premiered on July 1, at 24:00 (July 2 at midnight).

Yoshiyuki Asai is directing 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.

The previously confirmed voice cast includes:

  • 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
  • Kairi Sisigou (Shishigō): Kenji Nomura
  • Darnic Prestone Yggdmillennia: Nobuyuki Hiyama
  • Fiore Forvedge Yggdmillennia: Chinatsu Akasaki
  • Caules Forvedge Yggdmillennia: Yūsuke Kobayashi
  • Gordes Musik Yggdmillennia: Toru Ohkawa
  • Celenike Icecolle Yggdmillennia: Shizuka Ishigami
  • Roche Icecolle Yggdmillennia: Emiri Katō
  • Reika Rikudou: Mai Nakahara

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: A-1 Pictures (Industry Panel)

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