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Blast of Tempest Anime's 4th Promo Previews 2nd Half

The official website for the Blast of Tempest (Zetsuen no Tempest) television anime series began streaming the series' fourth promotional video on Tuesday. The video recaps the first half of the series and previews the second half, and at the end wishes everyone a happy new year. The second half of the series will premiere on January 10.

The official website also revealed that Kylee (Xam'd: Lost Memories, Gundam UC, Heroman) will sing the second opening theme song "Daisuki na no ni" (Even Though I Love You) and Tomohisa Sakō (You and Me. Season 2) will sing the second ending theme song "Boku-tachi no Uta" (Our Song). The official website also updated with a new piece of key visual art and a New Year's greeting.

Crunchyroll is streaming the anime series as it airs, and Aniplex of America will release the series on home video.

Blast of Tempest adapts Kyou Shirodaira, Arihide Sano, and Ren Saizaki's fantasy mystery manga. The story centers around Yoshino Takigawa (played by Kōki Uchiyama), an ordinary high school student with a mysterious friend named Mahiro Fuwa (Toshiyuki Toyonaga). Mahiro made a deal with a witch named Hakaze to hunt down the killers of his parents and sister. Now Mahiro is missing, and Hakaze confronts Yoshino. Yoshino finds himself involved in a crisis that may doom the entire world.

Studio Bones is producing the project. Masahiro Andō (Sword of the Stranger, Hana-Saku Iroha) is directing the series, and Mari Okada (Black Butler, anohana, Hana-Saku Iroha) is serving as series script editor.

Thanks to Vito Plahuta for the news tip.