Arknights: PERISH IN FROST anime has been announced following today’s finale of Arknights: PRELUDE TO DAWN. Studio Yostar Pictures will be animating the new TV anime. Tomoyo Kurosawa is voicing Amiya and Yuki Kaida is Doctor. A short announcement video is available:
It is not clear if Perish in Frost is a sequel to the first season, which was also animated by studio Yostar Pictures. The adaptation of the highly popular gacha game had Yuki Watanabe as the director and Masataka Nishikawa as the assistant director. Hypergryph and Studio Montagne are listed as the original creators. Aya Takafuji was in charge of the character designs. The anime recently revealed the creditless version of the opening and the ending. The cast included:
- Doctor: Yuki Kaida
- Amiya: Tomoyo Kurosawa
- Dobermann: Atsumi Tanezaki
- Ace: Takashi Matsuyama
- Nearl: Ayane Sakura
- Ch’en: Shizuka Ishigami
- Wei Yenwu: Koichi Yamadera
- Hoshiguma: Kiyono Yasuno
- Franka: Ai Kakuma
- Liskarm: Yui Ishikawa
- Exusiai: Manaka Iwami
- Texas: Azusa Tadokoro
- Meteorite: Risa Taneda
- Kal’tsit: Yoko Hikasa
- Medic: Momo Asakura
- Guard: Chiaki Kobayashi
- Crownslayer: Sayaka Sembongi
- Mephisto: Kohei Amasaki
- Faust: Shun Horie
- Talulah: Maaya Sakamoto
- W: Ayana Taketatsu
- Misha: Satsumi Matsuda
- Skullshatterer: Risae Matsuda
Crunchyroll streamed Prelude to Dawn, which had a total of 8 episodes, and describes the plot as:
In the wake of unknown Catastrophes in the heart of Terra, a mineral of unimaginable power has been discovered. With it, society’s technology has made huge leaps and bounds, but the substance causes a deadly incurable disease, leading to a worldwide enslavement of the infected. As a rebellion is now on the rise, a pharmaceutical company races for a cure to save humanity.
Source: Arknights Official Twitter
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