The Strike the Blood IV series will have a twelve-episode run as it adapts more of the novels while also adding an original work OVA into the mix. We’ve had a couple of volumes rescheduled early on first because of general delays before the pandemic and then the whole pandemic thing itself. The series has largely, albeit quietly, rolled on and fans have been enjoying the project since it started rolling out in April 2020. Now, the sixth and final volume of this OVA run is set for a June 30th, 2021 debut and Warner Bros. Japan has dropped a new commercial spot to remind fans about it.
Four new characters were cast with this OVA:
- Saya Aizawa as Shizuri Castiella Kasugaya
- Ayaka Asai as Yuno Amase
- Seiichirō Yamashita as Rui Miyazumi
- Sōma Saitō as The Blood
The property is based on the light novels of the same name by Gakuto Mikumo with artwork by Manyako, which began in 2011 and has twenty volumes to date. A manga adaptation began in 2012 summer that’s progressing slowly with artwork by Tate.
The cast includes Yoshimasa Hosoya as Kojō Akatsuki, Risa Taneda as Yukina Himeragi, Asami Seto as Asagi Aiba, Rina Hidaka as Nagisa Akatsuki, Ikumi Hayama as Sayaka Kirisaka, Ryota Ohsaka as Motoki Yaze, Hisako Kanemoto as Natsuki Minamiya, and Yuka Iguchi as Astarte.
The TV series and previous two OVA series had Hideyo Yamamoto directing based on scripts by Hiroyuki Yoshino with character designs by Keiichi Sano. Discotek Media has picked up the home video rights for the TV show in North America.
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Plot Concept: The Fourth Primogenitor—That’s the world’s strongest vampire that should only exist in legends. Accompanied by twelve Kenjuu and spreading calamity, this phantom vampire appeared in Japan. For the observation and obliteration of this Fourth Primogenitor, the government and Lion King decided to dispatch an attack mage known as a Sword Shaman. However, for some reason, the one chosen for the observation was an apprentice Sword Shaman girl, Himegari Yukina. Wielding the strongest anti-primogenitor spirit spear, Yukina arrived at Demon District, Itogami City. What is the true identity of the Fourth Primogenitor, Akatsuki Kojou, she encountered over there!?
| Volume | Date | Extras |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 04/08/20 | Booklet, Audio Commentary, Clean Opening, Clean Closing, Commercial |
| 2 | 07/29/20 | Booklet, Audio Commentary, Commercial |
| 3 | 09/30/20 -> 10/09/20 | |
| 4 | 12/23/20 | |
| 5 | 03/24/21 -> 03/26/20 | |
| 6 | 06/30/21 | |
| OVA | 01/29/20 |
[Source: Strike the Blood]
