Funimation is continuing with their production diary for Dimension W, taking advantage of being a production committee member and getting better than usual access during the actual creation process. The latest one delves into the voice acting aspect of it by showing how a couple of the voice actors work the recording itself as they bring in the two leads to re-enact some of the work they did in the first episode while also sitting down with them. Clocking in at just under fourteen minutes, there’s a lot to like here for fans of anime in general.
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.
With the opening song Genesis from STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION, the series premiered on January 10th, 2016 in Japan and was simulcast in North America by Funimation.
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.
