We learned at the end of 2018 that a new original work was coming with some interesting talent behind it called Back Arrow. With the series making its January 8th, 2021 premiere as part of the winter season, the twenty-four-episode series saw a home video release through Funimation after they brought out both a simulcast and a simuldub.
Now, Australian distributor Madman Entertainment has lined up the first part of it for a home video release there. It’s tentatively planned for a September 7th, 2022 release where it’ll be a twelve-episode set spread across two discs priced at $64.95. AT the moment, they’re not listing what extras will be available for it and we might have that with the formal solicitation to retailers later on.
The project comes from director Goro Taniguchi and writer Kazuki Nakashima of Code Geass and Promare respectively. Nakashima is handling the series composition here but also doing the individual scripts. Toshiyuki Kanno is adapting the designs that Shinobu Ohtaka put together and is serving as the chief animation director as well. Studio VOLN is handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes Yuuki Kaji as Back Arrow, Aya Suzaki as Atlee Ariel, Ari Ozawa as Elsha Lean, Kensho Ono as Bit Namital, Ryotaro Okiayu as Kai Rhodan, Tomokazu Seki as Shū Bi, Megumi Han as Ren Sin, Ami Koshimizu as Fine Forte, Mikako Komatsu as Prax Conrad, Kenyuu Horiuchi as Zetsu Daidan, Kenta Miyake as Tae Howa, Tetsu Inada as Bai Toatsu, and Nobuyuki Hiyama as Goh Zanga.
The opening theme song is “dawn” by LiSA while the ending theme song will be “Seikai no Hate” by Shuka Saito.
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Plot Concept: Ringarindo is a land surrounded by a wall. The wall covers, protects, cultivates, and nutures this land. The wall is god … it is the foundation of this land of Ringarindo.
One day, a mysterious man named Back Arrow appears in Essha village on the outskirts of Ringarindo. Arrow lost his memories, but says that all he knows is, “I came from beyond the wall.” To restore his memories, Arrow heads out beyond the wall, but is embroiled in a battle with himself as the stakes.
