Arknights: Perish in Frost revealed a new trailer earlier today, along with information about theme songs. MYTH & ROID is performing the opening, titled “ACHE in PULSE,” while ReoNA is singing the ending song “R.I.P.” The anime will premiere on October 6.
YOSTAR Pictures is animating the sequel to the last year’s Arknights: Prelude to Dawn anime, based on the popular gacha game. In addition to the trailer, a key visual was also revealed:
The staff for Arknights: Perish in Frost consists of:
- Original Work: Hypergryph / Studio Montagne
- Original Character Design: 唯@W (hoshieve)
- Director: Yuki Watanabe
- Assistant Director: Masaki Nishikawa
- Main Series Writer: Yostar Pictures
- Animation Character Design: Aya Takafuji
- Prop Design: Yoshi Wakayama
- Art Director: Minoru Onishi (BIC・STUDIO)
- Art Setting: Ryu Sakamoto (BIC・STUDIO)
- Color Design: Keiko Gotou
- Director of Photography: Kouhei Tanada
- Editor: Kengo Shigemura
- Sound Director: Yuki Watanabe
- Music: Yuki Hayashi
- Music Production: Legendoor
- Animation Producer: Takehiro Hata
- Animation Production: Yostar Pictures
- Production: Hypergryph Studio Montagne / Yostar / Yostar Pictures
The anime is based on Arknights, a free-to-play tower defense mobile game developed by Hypergryph and distributed by Yostar. The game was launched in China in May 2019 and became available in other countries in January 2020. It is available to play on iOS and Android devices, as well as Windows. The game uses gacha mechanics and offers a multitude of different playable characters. The cast for the anime (and the game) includes:
- 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
Source: Arknights Official Twitter
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