Date A Live Receives New Anime Project
A new anime project has been announced for the long-running Date A Live series. It was not announced what format the anime will be or when it is slated to premiere.
A new teaser visual for the anime project has been released, along with a new illustration of Tohka, drawn by original light novel illustrator Tsunako, that celebrates the announcement.
Kadokawa also revealed a new visual for the anime series’ 12th anniversary, which features the characters in white summer dresses. A special event will take place at the sixth floor of Volks Akihabara Hobby Paradise 2 from April 24, 2025 to May 11, 2025 to commemorate the anniversary. There will also be an event collaboration with several Don Quijote stores in Japan.
Date A Live has inspired five total seasons, with the most recent entry, Date A Live V, airing from April 10, 2024 until June 26, 2024. The previous seasons premiered in 2013, 2014, 2019, and 2022, respectively, and are all currently streaming on Crunchyroll.
Date A Live V and IV were directed by Jun Nakagawa at GEEKTOYS. Previous seasons were directed by Keitaro Motonaga at AIC PLUS+ (Season 1), Production IMS (Season 2), and J.C.STAFF (Season 3). Aside from these anime seasons, there is also a 2015 Date A Live anime film and a 2020 two-part OVA adaptation of the Date A Bullet spin-off light novels.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast stars:
- • Nobunaga Shimazaki as Shido Itsuka
- • Marina Inoue as Tohka Yatogami
- • Misuzu Togashi as Origami Tobiichi
- • Ayana Taketatsu as Kotori Itsuka
- • Iori Nomizu as Yoshino Himekawa
- • Asami Sanada as Kurumi Tokisaki
- • Maaya Uchida as Kaguya Yamai
- • Sarah Emi Bridcutt as Yuzuru Yamai
- • Minori Chihara as Miku Izayoi
- • Ayumi Mano as Natsumi
- • Hitomi Nabatame as Nia Honjo
- • Akari Kageyama as Mukuro Hoshimiya
- • Aya Endo as Mio Takamiya
The original light novel series is written by Koshi Tachibana and illustrated by Tsunako. It was first published by Fujimi Fantasia Bunko on March 19, 2011 and ended on March 19, 2020 with a total of 22 volumes. The series has also inspired several spin-offs and short story anthologies in addition to the main entries, as well as various manga series and video games.
Yen Press releases the first volume of the Date A Live light novel series in English, describing the first volume as:
April 10. The first day of school. Shido Itsuka is rudely awoken by his personal alarm clock—his little sister. It’s shaping up to be another typical day…well, as typical as it gets on a planet plagued by massive spatial quakes. Little does Shido know, however, his life is about to take a sudden turn when he encounters the source of this destructive phenomenon—a girl his age, apparently known as a Spirit. Turns out, there are only two ways he can stop her from unleashing hell on the world: Eliminate her by force or placate her…by taking her out on a date and making her fall in love with him!
Source: Date A Live Official Twitter, Anime News Network
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