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'Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World' Anime Reveals Video, More Cast, October 7 Premiere
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
The official website for the television anime of Kei Sazane and Ao Nekonabe's Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World (Kimi to Boku no Saigo no Senjō, Arui wa Sekai ga Hajimaru Seisen) light novel series announced revealed the third promotional video, a new key visual, additional cast, and the October 7 premiere on Monday. The video features Kaori Ishihara's opening theme song "Against."
The newly announced cast members are:
Aya Hisakawa as Millavair Lou Nebulis VIII (right)
The anime will premiere on AT-X on October 7 at 11:30 p.m., before debuting later that night on ABC TV and Tokyo MX1. The series will then premiere on TV Aichi on October 8, and on BS11 on October 9. Funimation will stream the anime.
Yen Press is publishing the light novels and their manga adaptation in English, and it describes the story:
A great war has raged for years between the scientifically advanced Empire and Nebulis, the realm of magical girls—until the youngest knight ever to receive the title of the Empire's strongest meets the princess of the rival nation. Though they are sworn enemies, the knight is taken by her beauty and dignity, and the princess is moved by his strength and way of life. Will the fighting between them ever be allowed to end?
The previously announced cast members include:
Sora Amamiya as Aliceliese Lou Nebulis IX
Shunichi Toki as Jhin Syulargun (left in image below) and Yumiri Hanamori as Rin Vispose (right)
Ayana Taketatsu as Risya In Empire (left in images below) and
Jun Kasama as "Nameless" (right)
Sora Amamiya performs the ending theme song "Koori no Torikago" (Cage of Ice) as her character Aliceliese Lou Nebulis IX.
Shin Oonuma (BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense., ef: a tale of memories, Dusk maiden of Amnesia, WATAMOTE) and Mirai Minato (BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense., Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, Masamune-kun's Revenge, Miss caretaker of Sunohara-sou) are both directing the anime at SILVER LINK. Kento Shimoyama (Death March to The Parallel World Rhapsody, Good Luck Girl!, Servant × Service, The Ones Within) is in charge of series scripts. Kaori Satō (episode animation director on BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense., Dusk maiden of Amnesia, Masamune-kun's Revenge, Shomin Sample) is credited as both character designer and chief animation director.
The other staff members include:
- Additional Design: Shinpei Aoki
- Mechanical Design: Yoshihiro Ujiie
- Star Crest Design: Seita Takahashi, Hirotoshi Ikewaki (FUETE)
- Monster Design: HB2P
- Art Director/Art Design: Minoru Maeda
- Color Design: Shiho Mizumoto
- Compositing Director of Photography: Atsushi Satō
- 3D Director: Hiroshi Kitamura
- Editing: Yūji Kondō (REAL-T)
- Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
- Sound Effects: Yuki Hayashi
- Sound Production: Bit Groove Promotion
- Music: Elements Garden (Ryota Tomaru, Seima Iwahashi, Ryūtarō Fujinaga)
- Music Production: Pony Canyon
Kadokawa began publishing the novels in print in Japan in May 2017. Okama launched the manga adaptation in Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine in May 2018.
Sources: Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World anime's website, MoCa News
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