We learned back in January 2021 that a new and more traditional TV animation project is in the works for the Girls’ Frontline app game. After bringing out the 2019 short-form series, they now have this new project that was originally planned for a 2022 release but was previously set for 2021. The show was recently set for a January 7th, 2022 premiere date and now the folks at Funimation have revealed their pickup of it with a planned for a same-day simulcast. The series will be made available to viewers in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Colombia, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
The series has Shigeru Ueda directing it based on the series composition by Hideyuki Kurata. Masaki Yamada is on board for the character designs and Asahi Productions will be animating it.
The Japanese cast includes:
- Haruka Tomatsu as M4A1
- Nozomi Yamane as M16A1
- Emiri Katō as ST AR-15
- Yukari Tamura as M4 SOPMOD II
- Mikako Komatsu as Gentiane
- Nao Tōyama as Kalina
- Hitomi Nabatame as Agent
- Kaya Okuno as Scarecrow
- Shizuka Itou as Executioner
- Akio Ohtsuka as Kryuger
- Nozomi Yamane as G43 of the Griffin support unit
- Eriko Matsui as Scorpion of the Griffin support unit
- Sumire Uesaka as PPSh-41 of the Griffin support unit
- Tomomi Mineuchi as UMP45 of Squad 404
- Ai Nonaka as 416 of Squad 404
- Ayaka Suwa as Negev of Negev Squad
- Yume Maihara as TAR-21 of Negev Squad
- Karin Mitarai as Galil of Negev Squad
- Saori Ōnishi as Micro Uzi of Negev Squad
The series features the opening theme song “BAD CANDY” from yukaDD.
Check out the details of the 2019 short-form series.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: Set in an alternate timeline near-future Earth in the 2060s, the aftermath of a military accident that resulted in widespread disease, as well as the recent conclusion of careless nuclear war, has massively depopulated the planet, rendered much of the surface uninhabitable, and reduced once-great nations to shadows of their former selves. Androids used for labor and combat have become an important facet of life, and easily replicable and disposable androids known as Tactical Dolls (T-Dolls) are used by private military companies in the frontlines of numerous brushfire wars. In the game, the player takes the role of a fresh commander in a PMC, commanding T-Dolls to fight against a new AI threat.
