On the official site for the anime adaptation of the light
novels written by Koshi Tachibana and illustrated by Tsunako ,
“ Date A Live ”,
the first promotional video for the fifth season of the project was revealed.
The video announces that the premiere is scheduled for next April in
Japan and that this new season will have a total of twelve episodes ,
and shows a fragment of the musical themes, which include:
- Miyu
Tomita will perform the opening theme titled “ Paradoxes ,”
while Sweet Arms will perform the ending theme titled
“ Hitohira .”
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.
Sinopsis 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.
Source: Comic Natalie
(c)Tsunako Tachibana/KADOKAWA/“Date A Live V” Production Committee
