We learned back in December 2018 that some new science fiction anime is in our future as the EX-ARM manga has been slotted for an adaptation. Originally set for the summer 2020 season, the series was moved to the fall season earlier this spring but that’s recently fell through as well. The series has found itself a home as a part of the Winter 2021 season in January with Crunchyroll. With that coming up soon, we now have two new cast additions with Miyu Tomita as Yggdrasil and Satomi Arai as Kaori Munakata. Additionally, after previously revealing that the opening theme song “Rise Again” will be performed by Airflip, we now know that Dizzy Sunfist is on board for the ending theme song with “Diamonds Shine.”
The announced cast includes:
- Sōma Saitō as Akira Natsume
- Mikako Komatsu as Minami Uezono
- Akari Kitō as Arma
- Daisuke Namikawa as Soushi Shiga
- Sumire Uesaka as Chikage Rokuoin
- Yui Ishikawa as Alisa Himegami
- Taku Yashiro as Kimura
- Shōmaru Zōza as Kondo
- Koji Yusa as Shūichi Natsume
- Yu Kobayashi as Sōma
- Miyu Tomita as Yggdrasil
- Satomi Arai as Kaori Munakata
【タイアップ情報】
1st EP『EPISODE II』収録の「Diamonds Shine」が
2021年1月放送スタートの TVアニメ『EX-ARM エクスアーム』のEDテーマに決定!!詳細↓
『EX-ARM エクスアーム』公式HPhttps://t.co/aklZHOfH8s1st EP『EPISODE II』https://t.co/KtQEeA7ud5 pic.twitter.com/FUhJNPg5uX
— Dizzy Sunfist (@_Dizzy_Sunfist_) November 21, 2020
The show has Yoshikatsu Kimura on board to direct with scripts coming through Tommy Morton. Visual Flight is handling the animation production. Kimura is known for directing the live-action adaptations of 20th Century Boys and Ajin films.
Crunchyroll previously acquired the series and is placing it under their Crunchyroll Originals banner. It will be available for audiences in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, and CIS.
The manga from Shinya Komi and HiRock began in 2015 and has fourteen volumes to date.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: In the year 2014, a high school student who hates machines, Akira Natsume, wants to change himself for the better and tries to take the first step in doing that… But then he gets run over by a truck. Fast forward to 2030. A police officer named Minami Uezono and her partner, the android Alma, infiltrate the scene of a trade going on at Tokyo Harbor for an unknown weapon named “EX-ARM.” They are then attacked by an enemy armed with the “EX-ARM” No.08. Put in this life or death situation, they decide to activate the “EX-ARM” No.00 that they stole from the enemy, and…
[Source: ANN]
