Crunchyroll has hit up a new simulcast announcement today as the winter 2016 season gets underway with the pickup of Active Raid: Kidou Kyoushuushitsu Dai Hakkei. The series is scheduled for a January 7th, 2016 debut and Crunchyroll is matching that with a 10:30am premiere. Availability is fantastic with this one as it’s open to Crunchyroll members worldwide outside of Asia.. The series has
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 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 and Daiki Yamashita as Doc.
The opening theme is being performed by AKINO with Golden Life while the ending theme is Tomei na Yozora by Yuka Aisaka.
Plot concept: Set in a futuristic Tokyo, Active Raid tells the story of “The Eighth,” a rash and careless unit of power-armored police called the “5th Special Public Security Section’s Mobile Assault Division.” After the Third Quicksand Disaster sinks Tokyo into a quagmire, the city’s reconstruction efforts are carried out using high-output, reinforced exoskeletons called Willwears. But they can also be misused, and to combat the rising number of crimes involving them, the National Police Agency establishes at its Kichioji Branch the Special Public Security Fifth Division Third Mobile Assault Eighth Unit, AKA Unit 8.
Despite being bound by all kinds of red tape, these youngsters (there are exceptions) take on criminals using their brains, bravery, and the gift of gab.
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