Shadowverse TV Anime's 1st Promo Video Reveals April 2020 Premiere, Main Cast

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Shadowverse TV Anime's 1st Promo Video Reveals April 2020 Premiere, Main Cast

The official website for the television anime adaptation of Cygames, Inc.'s Shadowverse card battle smartphone game began streaming the anime's first promotional video on Friday. The video reveals that the anime will premiere in April 2020 on TV Tokyo and its affiliates.

https://youtu.be/IGw55snLNRs

The video reveals the show's cast:

Gakuto Kajiwara as Hiiro Ryūgasaki

Junya Enoki as Lucia Yonazuki

Kaede Hondo as Mimori Amamiya

Yui Ogura as Alice KurobaneYūic

Hayato Taya as Kazuki Shindō

Atsumi Tanezaki as Kai Ijūin

Yūichi Iguchi as Maura Aberald

The anime will feature a completely original story, and will feature anime-only characters. The anime centers on Hiiro Ryūgasaki, a student at Tensei Academy. Through a strange incident, Hiiro obtains a mysterious smartphone. The smartphone has installed the popular digital card game "Shadowverse." Through the game Hiiro meets rivals, participates in tournaments, and forms bonds with others.

Keiichiro Kawaguchi (Sket Dance, Psychic Squad, Frame Arms Girl) is directing the anime at ZEXCS. Rintarō Isaki and Deko Akao (Frame Arms Girl, Real Girl, Noragami) are handling the series composition. Ponzu and Soji Hisakata are the original character designers, and Hiroki Harada (The Girl in Twilight) is adapting those designs for animation. Yoshihiro Ike (Tiger & Bunny, Kuroko's Basketball seasons 2 and 3) is composing the music.

Other staff members include:

Sub-Character Design: Yasunari Nitta

Follower Design Chief: Daisuke Kitagawa

Battle Concept Design: Seishirō Nagaya

Prop Design: Yoshinori Iwanaga

Color Design: Naoko Satou, Nanae Shinaji

Art Director: Kuniaki Nemoto

Art Setting: Nobuhito Sue, Shūhei Tada

Special Effects: Team Taniguchi

Monitor Graphics: flapper3

3DCG Director: Takahiro Kamiya (Aera Laboratory), Keisuke Kawatani (DEEN digital)

Director of Photography: Shigeki Asakawa

Editing: Daisuke Hiraki

Sound Director: Satoki Iida

Sound Production: Sonilude

The collectible card game launched for iOS and Android devices in June 2016 and for PC via Steam in October 2016. The game features both single-player and competitive multiplayer content, fully voiced stories, and the ability to evolve cards during battles.

The game received a tutorial anime video as part of its second anniversary in May 2018.

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Twittering Birds Never Fly Boys-Love Anime Film's New Trailer Reveals 8 More Cast Members

The official website for Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai - The Clouds Gather, the anime film of Kou Yoneda's boys-love manga Twittering Birds Never Fly (Saezuru Tori wa Habatakanai), began streaming the film's first full trailer on Friday.

https://youtu.be/3rKwe4AHCC0

The above trailer reveals eight more cast members:

Hiroki Yasumoto as Kanji Kageyama

Yuuki Ono as Kuga

Toru Ohkawa as Misumi

Kenta Miyake as Ryūzaki

Akimitsu Takase as Hirata

Kazuyuki Okitsu as Nanahara

Takuya Satō as Ageya

Takahiro Miyake as Sugimoto

The film will open in Japan on February 15. The film stars Tarusuke Shingaki as Yashiro and Wataru Hatano as Doumeki (both are reprising the roles from earlier drama CDs).

Digital Manga Publishing publishes the Twittering Birds Never Fly manga in English, and it describes the story:

The sexually masochistic yakuza boss, Yashiro, isn't the type to warm up to others easily. But when Chikara Doumeki, his newly hired bodyguard, catches his interest, he reconsiders his "hands-off" policy with subordinates. As Yashiro's invitations fail, the yakuza boss finds out his bodyguard has a very personal reason for staying at arm's length.

Fuji TV's new Blue Lynx boys-love anime label is producing the film as its first project.

Kaori Makita (Yuri!!! on Ice, Banana Fish episode director) is directing the film at GRIZZLY (Yarichin Bitch-bu). Hiroshi Seko (Banana Fish, Mob Psycho 100 II) is penning the script. The piano trio band H ZETTRIO is composing the music.

The manga runs in Taiyoh Tosho's Hertz and ihr HertZ magazines.

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