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Strike Witches 501 Butai Hasshinshimasu! Gets New Visual, Theme Songs

Written By Samantha Ferreira February 26, 2019

Earlier today, the official Strike Witches anime website updated with a teaser visual for upcoming anime Strike Witches 501 Butai Hasshinshimasu! (Strike Witches 501st Unit, Taking Off!), as well as detail son the show’s theme songs.

We break the details down below.

Key Visual

The image features the main cast in a huddle, looking down toward the camera.

Theme Songs

Yoko Ishida will perform opening theme song Sora ga yobu hōe (In the direction of the calling sky). The 501 Tōgō sentō kōkū-dan (501st Unified Combat Battallion) will perform ending theme song Treasure of Life.

Strike Witches 501 Butai Hasshinshimasu! will hit Japanese TV on April 9. The full broadcast schedule is as follows (All times JST):

Tokyo MX: 4/9/2019 at 24:45 (4/10/2019 at 12:45AM)
TV Aichi: 4/11/2019 at 26:20 (4/12/2019 at 2:20AM)
MBS: 4/9/2019 at 27:15 (4/10/2019 at 3:15AM)
BS11: 4/10/2019 at 24:15 (4/11/2019 at 12:15AM)

Episodes will have a fifteen-minute run time.

Fumio Ito will direct the project at studios Giga Production and acca effe, with Kei Anjiki (Yotsuiro Biyori) providing character designs. Shinya Murakami (Strike Witches 2, High School Fleet) will take charge of literature production.

Other confirmed staffers include:

Sound Director: Tomohiro Yoshida
Sound Production: Glovision
Music: Seikou Nagaoka
Music Production: Nippon Columbia
Animation Production Cooperation: Anime Beans
Animation Production Cooperation: Production I.G.
Production: Takashi Tachizaki
Original Concept: Humikane Shimada
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The confirmed voice cast includes:

Yoshika Miyafuji: Misato Fukuen
Mio Sakamoto: Saori Seto
Lynette Bishop: Kaori Nazuka
Perrine-H. Clostermann: Miyuki Sawashiro
Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke: Rie Tanaka
Gertrud Barkhorn: Mie Sonozaki
Erica Hartmann: Sakura Nogawa
Francesca Lucchini: Chiwa Saito
Charlotte E Yeager: Ami Koshimizu
Sanya V. Litvyak: Mai Kadowaki
Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen: Ayuru Ōhashi

Strike Witches Gekijouban – 501 Butai Hasshinshimasu! is a lighthearted spinoff from Strike Witches, which follows the daily lives of the 501st Unit.

Source: Comic Natalie

Filed Under: News Reporting

Tag(s): key visual, strike witches, theme songs

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Samantha Ferreira

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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