Blue Archive anime revealed Sensei’s character design and voice actor at the Anime Japan 2024 special stage. Shogo Sakata will be voicing Sensei, the series’ main protagonist, and is the player’s self-insert character in the gacha game. The first episode’s first half of the upcoming anime was also shown at the AJ 2024 stage.
Yostar Pictures (Arknights: Perish in Frost) and Candy Box (assisted with two episodes of Arknights: Prelude to Dawn) are animating the series together under the direction of Daigo Yamagishi (Show By Rock!! Stars!!). Shunji Maki (Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion Z) is credited as assistant director while Hiromitsu Hagiwara (Azur Lane: Slow Ahead!) is the chief animation director and character designer. Hiroshi Onogi (Shangri-La) is in charge of the series composition along with Yamagishi.
The cast of the anime includes:
Blue Archive anime is based on a role-playing mobile gacha game developed by Yostar Japan and the Korean game studio Nexon, a subsidiary of Nexon Games (formerly known as NAT Games). It was initially released in Japan on February 4, 2021, while Nexon published the global version on November 8, 2021. The game is free to play with optional in-app purchases. The TV anime adaptation was announced during the game’s 2nd-anniversary special program.
The story of Blue Archive takes place in Kivotos, an academy city that was established by the union of thousands of academies. The players of the game take the role of a sensei who will guide students in the Federal Investigation Club, otherwise known as Schale. As the city’s newest club, they receive requests from the General Student Council to assist them in keeping the city of Kivotos away from danger.
Source: Official X, Anime Japan 2024
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