Announced as in production back in September 2015 and originally planned winter 2017 premiere before being bumped to the spring 2017 season, the debut of the Granblue Fantasy anime series is just days away with an April 1st, 2017 debut. As such, and as part of the AnimeJapan 2017 push for many shows, the third promotional video for it has arrived that runs for a couple of minutes. The series has Yuuki Itou directing with Toshifumi Akai handling the character designs for it. With A-1 Pictures on the animation itself, we also know that Nobue Uematsu and Tsutomu Narita are handling the music. The opening theme song is “GO” by BUMP OF CHICKEN.
The cast announced so far includes:
- Yuuki Ono as Gran
- Nao Tōyama as Lyria
- Rie Kugimiya as Vyrn
- Miyuki Sawashiro as Katalina
- Hiroaki Hirata as Rackam
- Yukari Tamura as Io
- Rie Tanaka as Rosetta
- Emiri Katō as Sierokarte
- Tomokazu Sugita as Drang
- Kanae Itō as Sturm
- Kazuhiro Yamaji as Eugen
The series is being streamed outside of Japan through Aniplex of America on Crunchyroll, Daisuki, and Anime Strike.
Plot concept: This is a world of the skies, where many islands drift in the sky. A boy named Gran and a talking winged lizard named Vyrn lived in Zinkenstill, an island which yields mysteries. One day, they come across a girl named Lyria. Lyria had escaped from the Erste Empire, a military government that is trying to rule over this world using powerful military prowess. In order to escape from the Empire, Gran and Lyria head out into the vast skies, holding the letter Gran’s father left behind – which said, “I will be waiting at Estalucia, Island of Stars”.
Granblue Fantasy The Animation PV3 by pKjd
