Celebrating
fifteen years in the anime industry while staying relevant is an achievement
that very few franchises achieve. Kadokawa decided to celebrate this milestone
by revealing that animation studio Studio Fugaku has just
released a new official trailer and promotional image for the
new project based on the successful light novels written
by Koushi Tachibana, formally titled Date A Live F Last
Date. The material revealed this Friday confirmed that production is
already underway, although the technical team decided to keep both the format
of the project (whether it will be a new television season or a movie) and its
release window in absolute secrecy.
The
veteran voices that seal the commitment
A saga with
so much history needs its pillars intact to function. The announcement
confirmed that the cast that has accompanied the play throughout five seasons
and one film will return in its entirety, this time under the direction
of Junji Nishimura (Vladlove). Here are the main voice actors
who reprise their roles to lead this new stage:
- Nobunaga
Shimazaki as Shido Itsuka
Haruka
Nanase in Free! and Mahito in Jujutsu Kaisen.
- Marina
Inoue as Tohka Yatogami
Armin
Arlert in Attack on Titan and Momo Yaoyorozu in My
Hero Academia.
Fifteen
years of dates, battles and twelve Spirits
The
commercial journey of this story is truly enviable. With more than 6 million
copies circulating worldwide, the novels illustrated by Tsunako quickly
became a mainstay of Kadokawa. To celebrate this 15th anniversary,
the illustrator herself confessed that she has designed completely new and
customized costumes for the 12 Spirits that will appear in
this anime. For his part, Koushi Tachibana took advantage of the statement to
thank readers for their unconditional support, humorously reflecting on how the
fans who were born with the first volume are now in high school.
What
does the arrival of this "Last Encounter" mean?
Although
the producers have not released a textual synopsis, the visual clues they
yielded are quite direct. The promotional image shows us Tohka Yatogami wearing
a spectacular wedding dress with a genuinely happy expression.
At the same time, the teaser video makes an emotional journey through the
dialogue of all the heroines who have paraded through the life of the
protagonist, closing with the emblematic line that gives name to the saga to
raise expectations to the maximum.
