#Death Note Creator’s Platinum End TV Anime Reveals October Start in 1st Main Trailer

Coming from heaven to grace our presence, the upcoming adaption of Death Note creators Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s newest manga series Platinum End announced its October start today with a brand new trailer and visual. The episode count and additional staff for the Signal.MD-produced TV anime series was also revealed.

The announcement revealed that the series will adapt the entire manga series over 24 episodes that will air consecutively from October to March 2022. It was also revealed that the previously announced director Hideya Takahashi (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind) will be the 1st series director, while Kazuchika Kise (chief director on Ghost in the Shell Arise) will be the 2nd series director. Masahiro Tokuda (DECA-DENCE) will be composing the music for Platinum End.

Platinum End finished its serialization in Shueisha’s Jump Square magazine in January 2021. The series is being released in English by Viz Media, with 12 volumes currently out. Viz Media describes the series as such:

Just when it looked like the god candidates might come to an agreement, one of them is suddenly assassinated. Now Professor Yoneda seems to be in control of the entire god selection process. Will the remaining candidates yield to Yoneda’s desire to rid humanity of fake gods, or does Mirai have a different plan in mind…?

Source: Platinum End on Twitter

—-

Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram.