While no specific premiere date has been revealed yet, things just inched up a bit for the July 2014 series Aldnoah Zero as more of the cast has been announced. The series comes from Gen Urobochi of Madoka Magica and Psycho-Pass fame. We’ve had a few teasers previously and some good sampling of the music as well.Set up at A-1 Pictures and TROYCA, the series is set to be directed by Ei Aoki with Takako Shimura handling the character designs while Kenji Teraoka will be dealing with the mecha designs. With the original story by Urobochi, Katsuhiko Takaama will be handling the series composition overall. The new actors added to the series include:
- Sachika Misawa as Rayet Areash
- Mikako Komatsu as Inko Amifumi
- Taishi Murata as Calm Craftman
- Ai Kakuma as Nina Klein
- Yoshitaka Yamaya as Okisuke Mikuni
- Sayaka Ohara as Yuki Kaiduka
- Kazuya Nakai as Koichiro Marito
- Kousuke Toriumi as Soma Yagarai
- Ai Kayano as Darzana Magbaredge
- Yu Shimamura as Kaoru Mizusaki
The series leads were previously announced with Natsuki Hanae, Kensoi Ono and Sora Amamiya.
Plot concept: “Let justice be done. Though the heavens fall.” In 1972, a hypergate was discovered on the surface of the moon. But then, humankind came into contact with beings from Mars, leading to war.
[Source: ANN]