The cast for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Daisuke Ashihara’s Sci-Fi World Trigger manga has been announced. The anime series will be produced by Toei Animation and is set to air this October 2014 which falls under the Fall/Autumn 2014 anime season.
The cast is as follows:
- Kaji Yuki (Haruyuki Arita from Accel World, Kou Mabuchi from Ao Haru Ride, Issei Hyoudou from High School DxD)
- Okamoto Nobuhiko (Io Otonashi from Acchi Kocchi, Rin Okumura from Ao no Exorcist, Daichi Shijima from Devil Survivor 2 The Animation)
- Kugimiya Rie (Happy from Fairy Tail, Kagura from Gintama, Shana from Shakugan no Shana)
- Hideyuki Tanaka (Yusaku Kudo from Detective Conan, Jean Robert Lap from Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Issei Maebara from Konpeki no Kantai)
- Nao Tamura (Ayuko Uehara from Aiura, Cosmos from Fairy Tail (2014), Minori from Log Horizon)
- Jun Fukuyama (Yukio Okumura from Ao no Exorcist, Yuuta Togashi from Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!, Lelouch Lamperouge from Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch)
World Trigger manga PV:
World Trigger vomic PV:
The cover of Shonen Jump’s 28th issue featuring the manga World Trigger:
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World Trigger is a Sci-Fi manga written and illustrated by Daisuke Ashihara. The series began early last year in Shueisha’s Weekly Shounnen Jump magazine. To date there has been a total of 5 volumes released. The manga is also currently available on Viz Media’s digital Weekly Shonen Jump.
World Trigger synopsis from Haruhichan:
A gate to another dimension has burst open, and from it emerge gigantic invincible creatures that threaten all of humanity. Earth’s only defense is a mysterious group of warriors who have co-opted the alien technology in order to fight back!
Source: World Trigger official website
