After Sentai Filmworks picked up Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation at the end of December, it was pretty much a given that we’d end up seeing it on Crunchyroll and they’ve now confirmed it. The new winter 2016 anime series will launch at January 9th, 2016 at 1am ET for members. It has some pretty good availability to it with it being open to viewers in the USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland, Latin America, Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa.
The series comes from Telecom Animation Film with Keiichiro Kawaguchi directing based on series composition from Mitsutaka Hirota and character designs by Miyako Takasu.
The previously announced main cast includes Mao Ichimichi as Aika, Ayaka Suwa as Rina, Shouta Aoi as Itsuki, Nobunaga Shimazaki as Kouta Kayano, Takuya Satou as Masaya Kudou, Rie Murakawa as Mika Konoe, Aki Kanada as Yutaka Sasaki, Shun Horie as Seiya Urisaka, Minami Kabayama as Mayu Urisaka and Tessyo Genda as SORO. The theme song will be performed by Shouta Aoi.
Plot concept: TV anime adaptation of the online RPG game Phantasy Star Online 2. It will feature an original story that takes place on Earth in the near future.
