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15-Second Fate/Extra Last Encore TV Spot Hits the Web


It’s time to get hyped, before the realization that we might not see this until the season’s long over hits…

Earlier today, the official Fate/Extra Last Encore anime website updated with a new TV spot. The 15-second promo features opening theme song Bright Burning Shout by T.M. Revolution as a background track.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6d03tm

Fate/Extra Last Encore will hit Japanese TV on January 27. The full broadcast schedule is as follows:

  • Tokyo MX: 1/27/2018 at 24:00 (1/28/2018 at midnight)
  • Gunma TV: 1/27/2018 at 24:00 (1/28/2018 at midnight)
  • Tochigi TV: 1/27/2018 at 24:00 (1/28/2018 at midnight)
  • BS11: 1/27/2018 at 24:00 (1/28/2018 at midnight)
  • MBS: 1/30/2018 at 27:30 (1/31/2018 at 3:30AM)

Netflix is listed as “exclusive” streaming provider, though there is no word on whether this is limited to Japan or a global license. The platform will start streaming the show on January 31, with new episodes being added on Wednesdays.

The series will adapt the Fate/Extra series of video games.

Akiyuki Shinbo (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Bakemonogatari) will direct the project at studio Shaft, with Masaaki Takiyama (Nyaruko: Crawling with Love! Season 2, Tokyo ESP) providing character designs. Fate/stay night creator Kinoko Nasu is in charge of series composition.

Other confirmed crew members include:

  • Series Director: Yukihiro Miyamoto
  • Music: Satoru Kousaki
  • Original Game: Marvelous & Type-Moon
  • Chief Animation Director: Hiroki Yamamura
  • Character Design: Hiroki Yamamura
  • Action Director: Kazuhiro Miwa
  • Art Director: Takuma Mochizuki
  • Color Key: Jin Hibino
  • CG Director: Shinya Takano
  • Director of Photography: Takayuki Aizu
  • Editor: Rie Matsubara
  • Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
  • Sound Production: Rakuonsha

The confirmed voice cast includes:

  • Hakuno Kishinami: Atsushi Abe
  • Saber: Sakura Tange
  • Rider: Urara Takano
  • Archer: Kousuke Toriumi
  • Caster: Ai Nonaka
  • Berserker: Kunihiko Yasui
  • Gawain: Takahiro Mizushima
  • Rin Tohsaka: Kana Ueda
  • Shinji Matō: Hiroshi Kamiya
  • Sakura Matō: Noriko Shitaya

The Fate/Extra games first hit Sony’s PSP in July 2010. Aksys Games released the game in North America in November 2011. The title was followed up by companion game Fate/Extra CCC, which features an opening movie directed by Shinbo at Shaft.

Source: Twitter (pKjd)

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