The official site for the anime adaptation of the Ingress AR app has updated a bit, which is welcome after it had some conflicting month information before. The site has now confirmed an October 17th, 2018 debut for the series while also bringing out some additional cast below. The series has Yuhei Sakuragi directing it with Yoshinari Irikawa as the assistant director. Scripts are being done by Soki Tsukishima and Tora Tsukishima while Takeshi Honda is being listed as working on the original character designs and we might still see someone listed as involved in adapting them for animation.
The newly announced cast include:
- Tarusuke Shingaki as Christopher Brandt
- Kousuke Toriumi as Liu Tien Hua
- Kentarou Tone as Zion Kunikida
国木田慈恩（CV：利根健太朗）
マコトのハッカー時代からの仲間。公文書の偽造などを生業とする『偽造屋』。#Ingressanime pic.twitter.com/j8ZueKHuS6— TVアニメ『イングレス』 (@IngressAnime) August 31, 2018
クリストファー・ブラント（CV：新垣樽助）
物理学・工学・コンピューターサイエンス等、膨大な知識を持つ『総合科学者』。
ジャックをボディガードとして雇っている。#Ingressanime pic.twitter.com/eAqTpmLEa1— TVアニメ『イングレス』 (@IngressAnime) August 31, 2018
劉 天華（CV：鳥海浩輔）
ヒューロン幹部社員（セキュリティーオフィサー=警備部門責任者）。組織の目的の為に行動し、しばしば誠たちの前に立ちはだかる。
（※一部表記修正あり再掲）#Ingressanime pic.twitter.com/8T95pMJJww— TVアニメ『イングレス』 (@IngressAnime) August 31, 2018
The previously announced Japanese cast includes:
- Yoshiki Nakajima as Makoto
- Reina Ueda as Sarah
- Shigeo Kiyama as Jack
- Megumi Ogata as Artificial Intelligence ADA
The series is being produced with Craftar animating it as part of the new +Ultra programming block that the network is bringing out. It looks like this block is being done as a 30-minute piece with a series of shorts within it, which we’re definitely interested in seeing more of.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Game Concept: Since he was little, Makoto had a strange power which enabled him to read the memories of objects he touched. Hiding his uncontrollable power, he works as a special agent in the police force. One day, while investigating an explosion at a laboratory that researches a unknown substance called “XM”, he sees a mysterious memory. The memory was from Sarah’s ring, who was the sole survivor of the accident. It was a sight of a person being swallowed into a red light and disappearing. Makoto becomes embroiled in a massive conspiracy. The battle for “XM”, a material that could affect human mind, starts now.
