The official Twitter account for the Active Raid: Kidou Kyoushuushitsu Dai Hakkei series has revealed a bit more about the production that’s set to debut next month. The show has formalized its two cour approach and revealed that the second half of it will debut as part of the summer 2016 season. With the show just under a month away, it was also revealed that a pre-screening event is set for December 25th, 2015 for fans in Shibuya with several cast membes in attendance.
The series is scheduled for a January 7th, 2016 debut. The series has Gorou Taniguchi serving as the chief director with Noriaki Akitaya as the main director. Shun Saeki created the original character designs while Asako Nishida is adapting them for the show. Scripts are being written by Naruhisa Arakawa.
The opening theme is being performed by AKINO with Golden Life while the ending theme is Tomei na Yozora by Yuka Aisaka.
The previously announced cast includes:
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Takeru Kuroki
- Takahiro Sakurai as Sōichirō Sena
- Ari Ozawa as Asami Kazari
- Shizuka Ishigami as Haruka Hoshimiya
- Masayo Kurata as Rin Yamabuki
- Taishi Murata as Tomoki Hachijō
- Yuka Aisaka as Hinata Yamabuki
- Natsuki Hanae as Mythos
- Tooru Ookawa as Yasuharu Funasaka
- Saori Oonishi as Madoka Amano
- Kousuke Toriumi as Kyoukai-san
- Hikaru Midorikawa as Koutarou Inagi
- Sayaka Ohara as Eriko Kominato
- Daiki Yamashita as Doc
- Tomoyo Kurosawa as Liko
With a pretty strong staff like this, it really feels like it’ll be a Sunrise series. Time will tell. The full site is set to go live on October 22nd, 2015.
Plot concept: Set in a part of Tokyo that has descended into a quagmire, the story follows Unit 8 of the 5th Special Public Security Section’s 3rd Mobile Assault Division, popularly called “The Eighth,” who don powered armor “Willwear” exoskeletons to counter the rise in crime.
