The upcoming anime adaptation of the Gakuen Basara game that has fun reimagining its characters in school got a little more information at Anime Expo this weekend. At TBS’ panel on Thursday, the broadcaster revealed that the series is being slotted for an October premiere as part of the fall 2018 season and that distribution details outside of Japan would be coming later. The series is directed by Minoru Ohara with Kouji Miura handling the scripts. Haruhito Takada is working on the character designs with Brains Base handling the animation production.
The previously announced Japanese cast includes:
- Kazuya Nakai as Date Masamune
- Sōichiro Hoshi as Sanada Yukimura
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Katakura Kojūrō
- Takehito Koyasu as Sarutobi Sasuke
- Masakazu Morita as Maeda Keiji
- Ryuuzou Ishino as Chōsokabe Motochika
- Shigeru Nakahara as Mōri Motonari
- Toshiki Masuda as Tokugawa Ieyasu
- Tomokazu Seki as Ishida Mitsunari
- Natsuko Kuwatani as Kasuga
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Plot Concept: The game reimagines the Warring States Era warriors as rival students in a modern high school. Date Masamune and Sanada Yukimura battle to replace Toyotomi Hideyoshi as the next student council president.
