Blue Archive The Animation has announced a release date of April 7, 2024, according to the official X account. The series is a co-animation production between studios Yostar Pictures and CANDYBOX, with Shochiku producing it. Fans can check out the previously released main visual below:
The Blue Archive release date means the series launches together with fellow Shochiku production, Astro Note. Yostar Pictures will also be animating Sorairo Utility, which dropped a new trailer for the upcoming anime series.
Blue Archive The Animation has been building up hype with weekly character trailers. the latest featuring Haruka (watch below). The cast for Blue Archive The Animation was revealed in February. Daigo Yamagishi (Show By Rock!! Stars!!) will be directing the series. He’ll also be handling the series composition alongside Hiroshi Onogi. who was in the same staff position for the iconic Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood series.
Hiromitsu Hagiwara (Rurouni Kenshin: New Kyoto Arc) will work as the chief animation director and character designer. Kazuhiro Arai (Attack on Titan: Junior High) is the art director for Blue Archive The Animation while Haruka Goto (Farewell, My Dear Cramer) is the director of photography. Koji Hamaoka (Tokyo Ghoul) is in handling the color design while Ayumu Takahashi (Angel Beats!) is in charge of editing. Shunji Maki (Zoids Wild) is the assistant director.
Blue Archive is based on Nexon Games’ role-playing mobile gacha game of the same name. First released in Japan on February 4, 2021, the game confirmed a TV anime adaptation for the game’s 2nd-anniversary special program. The anime is officially described:
Kivotos is a huge academic city comprised of thousands of schools.
Here, scuffles between students with guns in hand have become a daily occurrence.
Amidst this, Abydos High School, which is covered in sand, is on the verge of closure.
The story begins when the five students of the ‘Countermeasures Committee’ who struggle to escape the situation meet an ‘adult’ called ‘Sensei.’
Source: Official Website, Official X (formerly Twitter)
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