#Getter Robo Arc Anime Gets New PV, Premieres July 4

The official website for the TV anime adaptation of Ken Ishikawa’s Getter Robo Arc, the last arc in the Getter Robo manga series, revealed a new promotional video and July 4 premiere date for the anime. The promotional video previews the anime’s opening theme song “Bloodlines: Unmei no Kettō” (“Fated Lineage”) by JAM Project.

The anime’s cast includes Yūma Uchida as Takuma Nagare, Arihiro Mukaino as Sho Kamui, Kazuhiro Sunseki as Baku Yamagishi, and Naoya Uchida as Jin Hayato.

The anime’s staff includes Jun Kawagoe (Getter Robo: Armageddon) as director, Tadashi Hayakawa (Cyborg 009 Vs. Devilman) as scriptwriter and supervisor, Kazuya Hoshi (Berserk) as character concept designer, and Hideyuki Motohashi (Hikaru no Go) as character designer. Yoshichika Kuriyama (Cyborg 009 Vs. Devilman) and Shiho Terada (Tropical-Rouge! Precure) are composing the music. Ken Ishikawa and Go Nagai are credited for the original work. The animation production will be from Bee Media.

The Getter Robo manga series launched in Futabasha’s Super Robot Magazine in 2002. The series remains unfinished after the author’s death in 2006. The franchise spawned numerous spinoff manga and anime adaptations.

Anime News Network describes the manga’s story as:

The manga’s story centers on the conflict against the Andromeda Country, the new enemy of humanity that seeks to destroy the source of the getter rays that has devastated its civilization. Hope rests on the titular Getter Robo Arc robot, but the appearance of another mysterious Getter robot, piloted by the son of Ryoma Nagare, introduces another complication to the conflict.

Sources: Getter Robo Arc anime’s website, ANN