#Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Licht Movie Premieres August 27, Has New Trailer and Visual

The upcoming Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Licht – Namae no Nai Shōjo (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya: Licht – Nameless Girl) movie is set to release on August 27. The announcement was accompanied by a new trailer and visual.

The new trailer highlights the action and serious tone of the movie, and also previews the song “Just the truth” by Minami Kuribayashi.

Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Licht – Namae no Nai Shōjo is the latest entry in the Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya anime series, and is set after the events of 2016’s Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 3rei!!. The Ainsworth family that Illya and her friends battled against in 3rei!! seeks to save the world by sacrificing deuteragonist Miyu, while Miyu’s adoptive brother Shirou is willing to make an enemy of the world in order to protect her. Faced with these two conflicting forms of “justice,” Illya tries to find a solution that will require neither the sacrifice of the world nor Miyu.

The staff includes Mashin Ōnu as director, Kenji Inoue and Hazuki Minase as scriptwriters, and Kazuya Hirata as character designer. All of them have previously been involved with the Fate/kaleid series. SILVER LINK is in charge of the animation production. 

Meanwhile, some of the returning cast members from the series include Mai Kadowaki as Illyasviel von Einzbern, Kaori Nazuka as Miyu Edelfelt, Chiwa Saitō as Chloe von Einzbern, Rie Kugimiya as Beatrice, Sumire Moroboshi as Erika Ainsworth, and Natsuki Hanae as Julian Ainsworth. 

The Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya anime series, which includes several seasons and the 2017 Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya Movie: Oath Under Snow movie, are based on the manga series by Hiroshi Hiroyama. The Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya series is an alternate universe magical girl spin-off of the Fate series. The manga began in 2017, while the first season of the anime aired in 2013.

Crunchyroll describes the first season as:

Illya (Illyasviel von Einzbern) is a typical young girl attending Homurabara Academy who just happens to have a slight crush on her brother-in-law. Then, one night, a magic wand called Magical Ruby falls from the sky into her bath and tricks her into signing a contract…