#Date A Live V Unveils Trailer, Key Visual, April Premiere, Theme Song Details

A trailer and key visual have been released for this year’s Date A Live V anime. Details about the show’s theme songs and an April premiere window were also revealed.

The opening theme is “Paradoxes” by Miyu Tomita, while the ending theme is “Hitohira” by sweet ASMS.

Date A Live is based on the Fujimi Fantasia Bunko light novel series written by Koushi Tachibana and illustrated by Tsunako. The anime’s new season will bring in the character of Mio Takamiya and the mega-corporation DEM Industry, which seeks the power of Spirits.

The light novels began in 2011 and number 33 volumes, including 11 short story collections, as of May 2022. Aside from the various anime and the Date A Bullet spin-off, the series has also inspired various manga and video games. 

Yen Press describes 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!

The first four seasons of the anime premiered in 2013, 2014, 2019, and 2022, respectively. The first three were directed by Keitarou Motonaga at AIC PLUS+ (Season 1), Production IMS (Season 2), and J.C.STAFF (Season 3). 

There is also a 2015 Date A Live anime movie and a two-part Date A Bullet OVA that was released in 2020.

• Director: Jun Nakagawa (Date A Live IV)
• Series composer: Fumihiko Shimo (Date A Live IV)
• Character designer: Naoto Nakamura (Date A Live IV)
• Music composer: Gou Sakabe (Date A Live IV)
• Animation production: GEEKTOYS

Cast

• 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 Endou as Mio Takamiya