There hasn’t been too much news out of the spring 2015 series Seraph of the End in the month of February, but they’re closing out the month with a couple of welcome new details. The big one for fans is that the show has now been slotted for an April 4th, 2015 debut at 10:00pm on Tokyo MX. They’ve also released an unfortunately small new key visual, which you can see to the right. In addition to that, it was announced that Aoi Yuki has boarded the show as Krul while Kenichi Suzumura has joined as Crowly.
The series will be split into two seasons for its premiere in 2015 with the first half running in the spring season in April through June and then the second half in the fall season from October to December.
Animated by Wit Studio, which will raise interest in it considerably for some, where it will be directed by Daisuke Tokutsuchi while Masashi Koizuka will serve as assistant director. The show will work off of scripts and composition by Hiroshi Seko while Satoshi Kadowaki will be handling the character designs. The series will star Takahiro Sakurai as Felid Bathory and Saori Hayami as Shinoa Hiiragi. The official site previously announced the lead cast with Miyu Irino as Yuichiro Hyakuya, Kensho Ono as Mikaela Hyakuya, Yuichi Nakamura as Guren Ichinose, Nobuhiko Okamoto as Yoichi Saotome, Kaito Ishikawa as Shiho Kimizuki, Tomoaki Maeno as Kureo Hiragi, Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Shinya Hiragi. Aoi Yuki as Krul, Kenichi Suzumura as Crowly and Yuka Iguchi as Mitsuba Sangu.
The series began in 2012 with the first volume releasing in January 2013. The sixth installment landed back on September 4th, 2014 in Japan. Viz Media began their releases this past June and has volumes scheduled up through March 2015.
Plot concept: After a catastrophic epidemic kills every adult on earth, vampires arise from the shadows to enslave the remaining human population. Yuichiro and his friends are kept as vampire fodder in a creepy institution masquerading as an orphanage. One day, Yuichiro’s dreams of fighting back are realized when the orphans stage a daring escape. But things go horribly wrong, and his dream is kept alive at a cruel price.
[Source: ANN]