Look to the skies, lest you miss the action!

Earlier today, the official Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai (Kotobuki’s Wilderness Squadron, lit. Kotobuki Squadron in the Wilderness) anime website updated with a new teaser trailer, as well as visuals for two aircraft and details on the show’s premiere schedule.

We break the details down below.

Trailer

The 83-second promo introduces the main cast members and plot beats, while offering a brief glimpse of the show’s action scenes. Theme song Sora no Ne (Sound of the Sky) by ZAQ kicks in as a background track at the 30-second mark.

Aircraft Visuals

Images of the Shiden and Shoki were revealed, which you can check out below.

Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai Plane Visual - Shoki — Shoki

Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai Plane Visual - Shiden — Shiden

Premiere

Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai will hit Japanese TV on January 13. The full premiere schedule is as follows:

Tokyo MX: 1/13/2019 at 22:30 (1/13/2019 at 10:30PM)
TV Aichi: 1/13/2019 at 26:05 (1/14/2019 at 2:05AM)
MBS: 1/15/2019 at 27:00 (1/16/2018 at 3:00AM)
BS11: 1/15/2019 at 24:00 (1/16/2018 at Midnight)

Tsutomu Mizushima (Girls und Panzer, Shirobako) will direct the project at studio GEMBA, with Shou Sugai providing character designs. Michiko Yokote (Princess Tutu, Genshiken) is in charge of series composition for the project.

Other confirmed crew members include:

Sound Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Original Character Design: Hidari
Military Supervisor: Shigeyuki Ninomiya
Military Setting: Tetsuya Nakano
Military Setting: Hideyuki Kikuchi
Military Setting: Jiro Tokihama
Setting Cooperation: Seiichi Shirato
Assistant Director: Hiroyuki Kanbe
3D Director: Hisashi Egawa
3D Director: Ten Hirota
Technical Director: Keita Mizuhashi
Asset Director: Kentaro Kogusuri
Animation Supervisor: Yusaku Saotome
General Director: Tōko Nakamura
Screen Director: Shouta Ueno
Art Director: Kazuo Ogura
Art Setting: Nobuhito Sue
Art Setting: Sakura Ogawa
Color Design: Aiko Yamagami
Director of Photography: Kentaro Kashiwagi
Director of Photography: Takamasa Hatakeyama
Editor: Masato Yoshitake
Music: Shiroh Hamaguchi
Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama
Sound Mixer: Takayuki Yamaguchi
Production: Digital Frontier
Art Production: Wow World

The main voice cast includes:

Kirie: Sayumi Suzushiro
Emma: Eri Yukimura
Kate: Sayaka Nakaya
Leona: Asami Seto
Zara: Hibiku Yamamura
Chika: Miyu Tomita

The title will be a multimedia franchise, with both an anime TV series and smartphone games planned for release.

Sources: Animate Times

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