Anime adaptations of game properties are nothing new and we often get some top tier talent involved in them these days because of the connections between staff members on the various projects. The latest one to get the nod is the Square Enix game Gunslinger Stratos, which is going to be animated by a-1 Pictures for the spring 2015 anime season. The series is being done as an original story from Gen Urobuchi with Shinpei Ezaki of Guilty Crown on board to direct based on scripts by Norimitsu Kaiho. Shinichi Yokoya is handling the character designs for the series. The cast from the game are reprising their roles here and the first promotional spot has been released as well. Not surprisingly, a manga tie-in is also planned for Dengeki Maoh’s April issue, which is on sale in late February 2015.
The cast includes:
Atsushi Abe as Tohru Kazasumi
Hisako Kanemoto as Kyoka Katagiri
Masakazu Nishida as Kyohma Katagiri
Miyuki Sawashiro as Remy Odhner
Kana Ueda as Rindo Sidune
Souichiro Hoshi as Ryo Kusakage
Rikiya Koyama as Akira Rakando
Sayaka Ohara as Olga Janetin
Takehito Koyasu as Aaron Burroughs
Yumiko Kobayashi as Jonathan Sizemore
Saki Fujita as ξ988
Yousuke Akimoto as Mondo Makabe
Saori Hayami as Lyudmila N Ignatova
Mariya Ise as Shinou Matsurika
Toru Ohkawa as Srinivasa Sen
Nana Mizuki as Kumi Minakata
[Source: Dengeki Online]