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Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse Anime's Long Promo Streamed

The official website for the anime adaptation of the Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse novel began streaming a long 150-second promotional movie on Sunday.



The video reveals additional members of the cast:

Kenji Hamada as Valerio Giacosa
Sayaka Ōhara as Stella Bremer
Rikiya Koyama as Ibrahim Doğulu
Eizō Tsuda as Frank Hyneman
Atsushi Ono as Jerzy Sandaq
Takako Honda as Fikatsia Latrova
Kaori Ishihara as Cui Yifei
Wataru Hatano as Leon Kuze
Rie Tanaka as Sharon Heim
ayami as Lida Canales
Yōko Hikasa as Niiram Raununando
Natsumi Takamori as Phoebe Theodorakis

Musical artists Minami Kuribayashi, GRANRODEO, and ayami will contribute to the project.

The original novel is itself a spinoff of the 2006 visual novel software Muv-Luv Alternative from the adult game company Age. This side story follows the test pilots and mechanics in the United Nations Forces' Tactical Surface Fighter Testing Unit in Alaska. Japanese-American Yūya Bridges (Daisuke Ono) is the Argos Test Team's main pilot for "XFJ Project," the initiative that is developing the newest Tactical Surface Fighter. Yui Takamura (Mai Nakahara) is the head of development for the project from the Japanese Empire's side.

Takayuki Inagaki (Desert Punk, Rosario + Vampire) is directing the project at the studios ixtl x Satelight. Yumiko Hara (Baby Princess 3D Paradise 0 [Love]) is designing the characters.

The following cast members were previously announced:

Daisuke Ono as Yūya Bridges
Mai Nakahara as Yui Takamura
Hitomi Nabatame as Cryska Barchenowa
Mamiko Noto as Inia Sestina
Sakura Nogawa as Tarisa Manandal
Tomokazu Sugita as Vincent Lowell

[Via 0takomu]