Aniplex has a pretty interesting project coming up as they’re working with game design company Yuhodo and LIDEN FILMs with Build Divide – which Kakegurui writer Homura Kawamoto and younger brother Hikaru Muno receiving credit for the original concept design for it.
The project is getting an original anime to complement the game, as one does, with Build Dive #00000 being its name. The numbering being the HTML code for black, or Code Black. It’s set for a two-cour run in October 2021 and April 2022 and we’ve now gotten our first look at the cast. You can see the visual for them below and the reveal of who is playing who.
Yuki Komada is directing it based on the scripts by Yoriko Tomita. Shinpei Tomooka is handling the character designs with LIDEN FILMS handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Yū Serizawa as Kikka
- Aoi Koga as Hiyori Tori
- Yūto Uemura as Teruhito Kurabe
- Sayumi Watabe as Sakura Banka
- Atsushi Tamaru as Naomitsu Enjō
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: The project is set in “New Kyoto,” where a new governing lord is decided through one’s skills at a card game. The anime will center around a boy and a “guard” that he can materialize.
[Source: ANN]
