It was revealed back in October 2018 that A Certain Scientific Accelerator, a spinoff from the overall A Certain Magical Index franchise, was getting an anime adaptation as well with 2019 plans. The show is now set for a July 12th, 2019 debut according to the official site and some new cast additions have been revealed as well. Check out a new key visual as well below. Nobuharu Kamanaka is on board to direct based on the series composition by Kenji Sugihara. Yohei Yaegashi is handling the character design work with JC Staff producing the animation.
The newly announced cast includes:
- Sayumi Watabe as Kato
- Nozomi Sasaki as Sisters
- Yuko Kaida as Aiho Yomikawa
- Ryota Ohsaka as Mikihiko Hishigata
- Ayumi Mano as Hiromi Hishigata
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Nobuhiko Okamoto is on board as Accelerator while Rina Hidaka will play Last Order.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot concept: Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator, which Accelerator is the main character. The events of the manga occur after his defeat at the hands of Kamijou Touma and the gunshot wound that he received at the hands of Amai Ao, though it is later revealed that the manga takes place prior to meeting Yomikawa Aiho.
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