The fates appear to be aligning fairly quickly!
Earlier today, the official Fate/Apocrypha anime website updated with a new promotional video. The 90-second trailer introduces several of the show’s Masters.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5qzby7_fate-apocrypha-tv-anime-pv3_tv
The trailer also revealed the cast members for each of the new Masters:
- 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
Fate/Apocrypha premieres on July 1 on Tokyo MX, BS11, Gunma TV, and Tochigi TV. The full broadcast schedule is as follows:
- Tokyo MX: 7/1/2017 at 24:00 (7/2/2017 at midnight)
- BS11: 7/1/2017 at 24:00 (7/2/2017 at midnight)
- Gunma TV: 7/1/2017 at 24:00 (7/2/2017 at midnight)
- Tochigi TV: 7/1/2017 at 24:00 (7/2/2017 at midnight)
- Netflix Japan: 7/3/2017 (Time unspecified)
- MBS: 7/4/2017 at 27:30 (7/5/2017 at 3:30AM)
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.
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
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: Twitter (pKjd)