With a popular card game in WIXOSS, a two-cour anime TV series and a theatrical movie, Warner Bros. Japan revealed back in early August that a new TV series is coming this fall with Lostorage incited WIXOSS. As we’re close to the fall season, Warner Bros. Japan has now dropped the first TV spot for it that confirms an October 7th, 2016 debut for the series on Tokyo MX before moving out to other networks on October 9th, 2016.
The staff for this season changes up in a big way as Katsushi Sakurabi is set to direct it with Michihiro Tsuchiya handling the scripts. Takamitsu Satou is handling the character designs and it’s set to be animated at JC Staff.
The Japanese cast includes Chinami Hashimoto as Suzuko Homura, Yuka Iguchi as Chinatsu Morikawa, Shizuka Itou as Lil, Hisako Kanemoto as Mel, Shiori Izawa as Nanashi, Yurika Kubo as Honna Mikage, Kazuyuki Okitsu as Shō Narumi, Shinsuke Sugawara as Shōhei Shirai, Yuri Yamaoka as Aaya, Aya Suzaki as Dōna, Saori Goto as Guzuko, Junji Majima as Sō Sumida, Natsumi Hioka as Rio Oshiba, Asuka Nishi as Kagari Yukino, Hitomi Nabatame as Yukime and Yūichi Nakamura as Satomikō.
Original series premise: In the popular game WIXOSS, there are special cards called LRIGs that few players know about – cards that possess personalities and wills of their own. Ruko is a teenage girl who just found one of these rare cards. Now, she can use her LRIG to battle in a strange, dark plane of existence. If she wins, her wishes will be granted – but what happens if she loses?
