FUNimation is getting some solid words on its new series Dimension W (check out reviews here) and now they’re looking to draw folks in a bit more. After giving us a look at the opening sequence and some production diaries recently, and the first two episodes now out, they’ve got a new two-minute clip out that introduces us to the Collector in the series while also giving us a general feel for the show’s overall style and character designs.
The series is based on the manga by Yuji Iwahara which had its eighth volume coming out recently. The anime is directed by Kanta Kamei based on scripts by Shoutarou Suga and character designs by Tokuyuki Matsutake. It’s being animated at Studio 3Hz.
The Japanese cast includes Daisuke Ono as Kyouma Mabuchi, Reina Ueda as Mira Yurisaki, Akira Ishida as Albert Schumann, Eri Suzuki as Elizabeth Greenhough-Smith and Kimiko Saito as Marie.
The series premiered on January 10th, 2016 in Japan and was simulcast in North America by Funimation. The opening song for the series is called Genesis and it comes from STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION, who has done work on a few shows recently with Gangsta, Beyond the Boundary and Nobunaga the Fool.
Plot concept: In the year 2071, the world’s energy problems seem solved by a network of cross-dimensional electric-field inductors- “coils” -that extract energy from a seemingly infinite source. That source is the W dimension, a fourth plane that exists beyond the X, Y, and Z dimensions. In this world, unofficial “illegal” coils harness powers that the police can’t hope to counter. Dealing with these coils is the job of coil-hating repo man Kyoma, whose run-in with the unique coil android Mira leads the two to form a reluctant partnership.