The New Gate anime will premiere this April, as announcef with a new trailer and details on the additional cast members. Yokohama Animation Lab and Cloud Hearts are animating the series.
The cast now includes:
Tamaki Nakatsu will be directing the anime series, with Hiroki Uchida in charge of the series composition, Itsuki Takemoto on the character designs, and Tatsuhiko Saiki, Yuya Mori, Misaki Tsuchida, and Tsugumi Tanaka as music composers.
The anime is based on a light novel series by Shinogi Kazanami, which was first published in the Shosetsuka ni Naro website in 2013. AlphaPolis published then the series in print with illustrations by Makai no Junin, KeG, and Akira Banpai beginning in December 2013. A manga adaptation with illustrations Yoshiyuki Miwa and began serialization on AlphaPolis’ website in November 2014.
One Peace Books has licensed the manga in English, describing the first volume as:
THE NEW GATE—an online game transformed into a life-and-death struggle for its players. Thanks to the valiant efforts of Shin, the most powerful of them all, an end to the game and freedom for everyone seemed within reach. But just moments after Shin defeats the game’s final boss, he finds himself bathed in an unknown light and transported some 500 years into the future of the in-game world. Thrown from a simple game gone wrong into a strange new land, one young swordsman of unrivalled strength is about to embark on a legendary journey!
Source: Official Website
© Shinogi Kazanami, Alphapolis, “The New Gate” Production Committee