The upcoming adaptation of NisiOisiN’s material Zaregoto is getting closer and close with just about a month to go and that means its time to get more promos out there. The second full piece has now landed that shows off a lot more of the animation that’s definitely something familiar and appealing to fans of NosiOisiN fans. With the first OVA scheduled for an October 26th, 2016 debut, Akiyuki Simbo will be serving as the chief director while Yuki Yase is the episode director. Fuyashi Tou is working on the series composition while Yukito Kizawa handles the script. Akio Watanabe is handling the character design adaptations and working as the chief animation director with Hirofumi Suzuki while it’s being animated at SHAFT.
The Japanese cast includes Yuuki Kaji as Boku, Aoi Yūki as Tomo, Yu Shimamura as Akane, Ayako Kawasumi as Kanami, Kenji Hamada as Sakaki, Aya Endo as Maki, Haruna Ikezawa as Yayoi, Mariya Ise as Iria, Houko Kuwashima as Rei, Natsuko Kuwatani as Akari, Ryoko Shintani as Hikari, Yuko Goto as Teruko and Yuko Kaida as Aikawa.
The opening theme song “Cobalt World” is performed by Sangatsu no Phantasia while the ending theme song “Marchen” is performed by Kalafina.
Zaregoto is a light novel series that ran for nine volumes with its first series from 2002 to 2005 and then a second series that ran from 2004 to 2010. The original series saw a pickup by Del Rey Manga who produced two volumes of it before stopping, as the project really was ahead of its time compared to where the light novel interest is these days.
Kubikiri Cycle OVA Vol.#1 PV2 by pKjd
The release schedule is set as:
- Volume 1: October 26th, 2016
- Volume 2: November 30. 2016
- Volume 3: December 28. 2016
- Volume 4: January 25, 2017
- Volume 5: February 22, 2017
- Volume 6: March 29, 2017
- Volume 7: April 26, 2017
- Volume 8: May 24, 2017
Plot concept: The story revolves around the protagonist “I” and the murders and mysteries he encounters. He tries in vain to stay out of the story, but instead he always gets dragged into the center of everything. Even though it seems that he contributes a lot, he always finds out that whatever he did was meaningless in the end.
[Source: ANN]