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Record of Grancrest War Anime Gets New Trailer, Visual, 3 New Roles


Soon, this world of swords and sorcery will open for everyone to explore.

Earlier today, fans flocked to the Fantasia Bunko Festival 2017 (or watched the stream on NicoNico), which hosted a Record of Grancrest War panel. At the event, three new cast members were unveiled.

Meanwhile, the show’s official website updated with a new key visual and teaser trailer. We break the details down below:

Promo Video

The minute-long trailer introduces the major cast members. Character dialogue provides details on the early story beats.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x65jacl

Key Visual

The new visual features the major characters, posing before a cliff side littered with the blades of the fallen.

Casting

The following will join the show’s cast:

  • Aubest Meletes: Satoshi Mikami
  • Layla: Ayane Sakura
  • Cammy: Ari Ozawa

Visuals for each character were also revealed, which you can check out below.

Record of Grancrest War hits Japanese TV in January 2018. The series is based on a light novel series by Record of Lodoss War creator Ryo Mizuno and illustrator Miyuu. Mamoru Hatakeyama (Sankarea: Undying Love, Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East) was tapped to direct the project at A-1 Pictures, with Hiroshi Yakou providing character designs. The team of Ryo Mizuno (Record of Lodoss War) and Shunsaku Yano will take charge of series composition.

The confirmed voice cast includes:

  • Theo Cornaro: Kentarō Kumagai
  • Siluca Meletes: Akari Kitō
  • Irvin: Yūichi Nakamura
  • Aishela: Reina Ueda
  • Lassic David: Satoshi Hino
  • Moreno Dortous: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
  • Priscilla: Natsumi Takamori
  • Marrine Kreische: Ai Kayano
  • Villar Constance: Takahiro Sakurai
  • Mirza Kooches: Wataru Hatano
  • Alex Deux: Yūichi Iguchi
  • Ema: Minori Suzuki
  • Luna: Megumi Nakajima
  • Margret Odius: Yuko Kaida
  • Laura Hardley: Chika Anzai
  • Helga Pialoza: Yumi Uchiyama
  • Coleen Messala: Kaede Hondo

Aniplex of America holds the North American rights to the series, and started streaming a subtitled trailer earlier this week. You can check it out below:

Sources: Ota-suke, Twitter (pKjd)

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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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