The official website of the upcoming anime adaptation of Square Enix’s Gunslinger Stratos arcade game series has been updated for AnimeJapan, revealing two new visuals and a promotional video for the April anime.
Here is the first new visual:
And the second new visual:
The second promotional video for the anime was also revealed at AnimeJapan:
The main cast of Gunslinger Stratos -The Animation- was earlier revealed at the anime’s announcement and includes the following:
- Atsushi Abe (Touma Kamijou in Toaru Majutsu no Index) will lead the cast as Tohru Kazasumi
- Junichi Suwabe (Archer in Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works) will be voicing as Ricardo Martini
- Sayaka Ohara (Erza Scarlet from Fairy Tail) will voice Olga Janetine
- Hisako Kanemoto (Ami Mizuno/Sailor Mercury in Sailor Moon Crystal) voicing Kyouka Katagiri
- Masakazu Nishida (First Major Role) as Kyouma Katagiri
- Kana Ueda (Rin Tohsaka in Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works) will be playing Shizune Rindo
- Saki Fujita (Ao Nanami from Yozakura Quartet) voices ξ988
- Yousuke Akimoto (Ogam in Tears to Tiara) is voicing the role of Mondo Makabe
- Yumiko Kobayashi (Black☆Star from Soul Eater) will voice Jonathan Sizemore
- Saori Hayami (Yukino Yukinoshita from Oregairu) as Lyudmila N. Ignatova
- Nana Mizuki (Hinata Hyuuga in Naruto) voices Kumi Minakata
- Tooru Ookawa (Roy Mustang from Fullmetal Alchemist) as Srinivasa
- Mariya Ise (Stocking Anarchy from Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt) as Matsurika Shinou
- Soichiro Hoshi (Kira Yamato in Mobile Suit Gundam Seed) as Ryo Kusakage
- Miyuki Sawashiro (Shino Asada in Sword Art Online II) as Remy Odhner
- Takehito Koyasu (Aokiji from One Piece) as Aaron Burroughs
- Rikiya Koyama (Kiritsugu Emiya in Fate/Zero and Fate/stay night)as Akira Rakandou
The anime’s staff was also earlier revealed and includes:
- Director: Shinpei Ezaki (Kimi ni Todoke and Attack on Titan Episode Director)
- Scenario Writer: Gen Urobuchi (Aldnoah.Zero, Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica)
- Series Composer: Norimitsu Kaihou (Guilty Crown: Lost Christmas, Gakkou Gurashi! Manga Creator)
- Script Writers: Nitro+ (Steins;Gate, Aldnoah.Zero)
- Anime Character Designer: Shin’ichi Yokota (Redline and Fullmetal Alchemist Key Animator)
- Music Composer: Tetsuya Kobayashi (Persona 3 the Movie #2 Midsummer Knight’s Dream, Persona 4 the Golden Animation)
- Animation Studio: A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online, Aldnoah.Zero)
The first promotional video for Gunslinger Stratos -The Animation- was earlier released:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2c5gj3_gunslinger-stratos-tv-anime-pv_news
Gunslinger Stratos is an arcade game developed by Square Enix. It first released in Japanese arcades in 2012 as a third person shooter utilising dual light gun controls. In the game players can use the analogs on the light guns to move around and fly throughout a recreation of Tokyo. The game also supported 8 player multiplayer and a featured destructible buildings. A sequel of the game released earlier this year in Japanese arcades. The game was first released internationally in a small trail at the 2013 Game Developers Conference. Since then no further announcement about any international release was made, though there have been rumours about Square Enix making a console port of the games.
Suwabe revealed that at least one of the characters will die in the series, and will be filled with drama, death and romance.
Gunslinger Stratos -The Animation- will be airing from April 4th on Tokyo MX at 11:00pm JST during the Spring 2015 anime season. Additional information about the anime will be revealed soon.
Visit the anime’s website for more information: http://www.guns-project.jp/
And follow their Twitter: @guns_project_17
