Date A Live prepares its return for next year

During Kadokawa 's event , “ Fantasia Bunko Daikanshasai Online 2023 ,” it was announced that the fifth season of the anime adaptation of the light novels written by Koshi Tachibana and illustrated by Tsunako , Date A Live , will premiere sometime in 2024. in Japan .

The press release included a special promotional video where it was confirmed that Aya Endo will play Mio Takamiya , a beautiful girl with a mysterious existence. She has a connection to the protagonist's past.

The fourth season had its premiere scheduled for the Fall-2021 season (October-December) , but was delayed until Spring-2022 (April-June) due to “various production circumstances,” while the Crunchyroll platform is in charge of its distribution in the West. For their part, Koushi Tachibana and Tsunako published the original light novels through the Fujimi Fantasia Bunko publishing label of the Fujimi Shobo publishing house between March 2011 and March 2020, with a total of twenty-two volumes.

Synopsis of Date A Live

Thirty years ago, a strange phenomenon called the Space Earthquake devastated central Eurasia, taking the lives of more than 150 million people. Since then, smaller space earthquakes have been occurring around the world. Shidou Itsuka, a seemingly normal high school student, meets a girl at the epicenter of a space earthquake.

He is informed by his sister Kotori that this girl is one of the spirits that, upon making an appearance in the world, are the cause of said space earthquakes. He also learns that his sister is the captain of the ship Ratatoskr. She recruits him in order to make use of her mysterious ability to seal the powers of spirits. In order to prevent them from becoming a threat to humanity. However, there is a drawback. To seal the powers of a Spirit, Shidou must make it fall in love with him.

Fuente: Comic Natalie

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