Arc System Works has announced a firmer premiere window for Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers, their new anime series based on the Guilty Gear franchise.
The new anime, which is produced by BanG Dream! and D4DJ First Mix studio SANZIGEN, will premiere sometime in April of this year exclusively via Crunchyroll.
Here’s the official key art for the anime:
Here’s a rundown on the new anime and its key staff, plus a new trailer:
The decline of the once robust fields of science and technology led to a new energy source for the modern era: magic. Humanity creates Gears, forbidden biological weapons. Those same Gears eventually stand against humanity in rebellion. Although they managed to overcome the war for survival known as The Crusades, humanity’s losses were so great that even after several decades, their emotional wounds remain raw.
Sin Kiske, the child of a human and a Gear, heads to the wedding ceremony of his father Ky and his mother Dizzy. Their wedding breaks the ultimate taboo of a union between human and Gear. Even with the world at peace, it took many years before such a ceremony could come to fruition. Despite the complex array of emotions surrounding it, the wedding is met with blessings. When suddenly, a mysterious girl appears…
The fated child inheriting the blood of Gears. The mysterious girl who despises Gears. Their meeting will shake the world.
Key Staff
- Based on ‘Guilty Gear’ Created by ARC SYSTEM WORKS
- Original Character Designs by Daisuke Ishiwatari (ARC SYSTEM WORKS)
- Director: Shigeru Morikawa
- Assistant Director: Shinpei Ishikawa, Hiroshi Morita
- Series Composition: Norimitsu Kaiho
- Screenplay: Kō Shigenobu
- Animation / Character Design: Takuya Chanohara, Yuuka Hachimori, Joseph Shin
- Art Director: Kazuhiro Arai
- Compositing Director: Daisuke Okumura
- Editing: Hatsumi Hidaka
- Color Setting: Miyu Ishibashi
- Music: Ryo Takahashi
- Music Production: APDREAM
- Sound Director: Fumihiko Ohtera
- Sound Production: MAGIC CAPSULE
- Associate Producer: Seiji Mizushima
- Animation Production: SANZIGEN Inc.
Cast
- SIN KISKE: Issei Miyazaki
- SOL BADGUY: Jouji Nakata
- UNIKA: Yui Ishikawa
- KY KISKE: Takeshi Kusao
- DIZZY: Kazue Fujita
- JACK-O’: Hiromi Igarashi
- ELPHELT VALENTINE: Aya Suzaki
- RAMLETHAL VALENTINE: Han Megumi
- BRIDGET: Manaka Iwami
- BAIKEN: Mayumi Asano
- JOHNNY: Norio Wakamoto
- LEO WHITEFANG: Tetsu Inada
- VERNON: Junichi Endo
- Narration: Tomokazu Sugita