The official website of the Strike Witches OVA website has revealed some new information about the second upcoming Strike Witches OVA. It will be titled Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow Vol. 2 – Aegean Umi no Megami and will be releasing in Japanese theatres on January 10th 2015. Additionally, the website has revealed some cast members that will debut in the second OVA.
Tickets for the second OVA will open on September 20, the release date of the first OVA, Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow Vol. 1: St. Trond no Raimei. The tickets will be bundled with a special mobile phone strap of either Charlotte, Yoshika, or Francesca. The bundle will cost ¥1,900 (~ $19.00 USD).
The website also announced that the OVA will feature two returning characters:
- Raisa Pottgen voiced by Aiko Kusumi (Darin Arnschent Kurumiya from Sankarea)
- Hanna-Justina Marseille voiced by Shizuka Itou (Luviagelita Edelfelt in Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya)
The second promotional video for the first OVA released last week:
Strike Witches is a media project that started in 2005 based off of Humikane Shimada’s illustrations. The first project was a manga from Yoshiyuki Kazumi, but was cancelled after one volume. A light novel series from Noboru Yamaguchi released the following year in Kadokawa Shoten’s Sneaker Bunko imprint for a total of 3 volumes. This was followed by an OVA and anime adaptation from Gonzo (Welcome to the N.H.K.) in 2007 and 2008 respectively. Since then, many more manga and light novel adaptations were released, as well as the anime’s second season and an animated film , animated by AIC (Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari).
Here is a synopsis of Strike Witches from Haruhichan:
The year is 1944 and the world lives in fear of unidentified flying objects called Neuroi. With the old-boy old guard unable to thwart this deadly menace, humanity turns its desperate eyes to an aerial attack force with much nicer legs. Meet the girls of the 501st Joint Fighter Wing, better known as the Strike Witches. These darlings of the great blue yonder may not have standard issue uniforms, but they do have all the right stuff. Where the average flyboy falters, these dolls blast aliens to bits in the bat of an eyelash. With a little magic and a whole lot of leg, the girls of the 501st are winning the war on pants, and aliens!
Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow Vol. 2 – Aegean Umi no Megami will be out in Japanese theatres on January 10th next year. Further information about it will release after the first OVA’s release, on September 20th this year.
Source – Anime News Network, Strike Witches Website
