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Urahara Anime Gets New Trailer, 10/4/2017 Premiere


Got a problem in the Harajuku region? Worry not, because the Crisis Team is coming! At least… that’s what the ad says.

Earlier today, the official Urahara anime website updated with a new promotional video. The minute-long trailer confirms an October 4 première.

The full broadcast schedule is as follows:

  • AbemaTV: 10/4/2017 at 20:00 (10/4/2017 at 8:00PM)
  • bilibili: 10/4/2017 at 20:00 (10/4/2017 at 8:00PM)
  • Crunchyroll: 10/4/2017 at 20:00 (10/4/2017 at 8:00PM – 10/4/2017 at 7:00AM Eastern, 4:00AM Pacific)
  • Tokyo MX: 10/5/2017 at 22:00 (10/5/2017 at 10:00PM)
  • BS Fuji: 10/9/2017 at 24:00 (10/10/2017 at midnight)

The series is based on Patrick Macias and Mugi Tanaks’s PARK Harajuku: Crisis Team! webcomic.

Amika Kubo is helming the project at studios Shirogumi and EMT Squared, with Masatsugu Arakawa (Nurse Witch Komugi, Time Stranger Kyoko) taking the role of Chief Director. Mariko Fujita (Galaxy Angel, Rosario + Vampire) is providing character designs for the series, while Natsuko Takahashi (Long Riders!, You’re Under Arrest: Full Throttle) takes charge of series composition.

Yasunori Iwasaki (You’re Under Arrest!, A Certain Magical Index: The Miracle of Endymion) will score the show’s soundtrack with Keiichi Nozaki (Now and Then, Here and There, Mobile Suit Gundam 00) at Dog On Beat. Satoshi Motoyama will serve as sound director for the project.

Other confirmed crew members include:

  • Original Story: Patrick Macias (Crunchyroll)
  • Original Character Designer: Mugi Tanaka (PARK)
  • Mecha Designer: Takahiro Yamada (Battle Spirits, Tomica Hyper Rescue Drive Head)
  • Title Logo Design: NC Empire

The confirmed voice cast on the project includes:

  • Rito Sudo: Luna Haruna
  • Mari Shirako: Sumire Uesaka
  • Kotoko Mentsumugi: Manaka Iwami
  • Misa Maruno: Kokoa Amano
  • Ebifurya: Yasunori Matsumoto
  • Sayumin: Riho Iida

PARK Harajuku: Crisis Team! debuted in May 2015. Crunchyroll describes the story as:

Several years from now, the great cities of the world will be destroyed by creatures from another planet. Their next target is…Tokyo’s famed Harajuku district! Only a trio of treasure-seeking shop girls can hope to save the day. But first, do they have what it takes to become members of the PARK Harajuku: Crisis Team?

Source: MoCa News

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