With its April 5th premiere and Crunchyroll simulcast fast approaching, Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers has released a creditless version of its opening theme sequence, featuring “AXCLUSION” by ulma sound junction (Ragna Crimson OP). Check out the video down below:
The confirmed voice acting cast for Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers includes some of the franchise’s most iconic characters:
- Sin Kiske – Issei Miyazaki
- Sol Badguy – Joji Nakata
- Unika – Yui Ishikawa
- Ky Kiske – Takeshi Kusao
- Dizzy – Kazue Fujita
- Bridget – Manaka Iwami
- Ramlethal Valentine – Megumi Han
- Elphelt Valentine – Aya Suzaki
- Jack-O – Hiromi Igarashi
- Baiken – Mayumi Asano
- Johnny – Norio Wakamoto
- Leo Whitefang – Tetsu Inada
- Vernon – Junichi Endo
- Nerville Hammer – Yasuhiro Mamiya
The anime is being produced by SANZIGEN, the line up for the staff features a talented team of industry veterans:
- Director: Shigeru Morikawa (Yuu Kou) (Argonavis: Ryūsei no Obligato)
- Series Composition & Supervisor: Norimitsu Kaihō (Akudama Drive, Astra Lost in Space)
- Associate Producer: Seiji Mizushima
- Assistant Directors: Shinpei Ishikawa, Hiroshi Morita
- Screenplay: Kou Shigenobu
- Character Design: Takuya Chanohara, Yuka Hachimori, Joseph Shin
- Art Director: Kazuhiro Arai
- Compositing Director: Daisuke Okumura
- Editor: Hatsumi Hidaka
- Color Coordination: Miyu Ishibashi
- Sound Director: Fumihiko Ootera
- Sound Production: Magic Capsule
Additionally, Nowlu will perform the ending theme song, “Arika”.
The official website for the anime of Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers describes the story of it as:
After the decline of the once robust fields of science and technology, a new energy source known as magic fuels the modern era.
Humanity creates forbidden biological weapons: Gears.
Those Gears eventually stand against humanity in a rebellion.
Although they manage to overcome in the struggle for survival known as the Crusades, humanity’s losses are so great that even after several decades pass, their emotional wounds remain unable to fully heal.
Sin Kiske, the child of a human and a Gear, heads to his father Ky and mother Dizzy’s wedding ceremony.
Their wedding breaks the ultimate taboo: a union between a human and a Gear. Even with the world at peace, it took many years for such a ceremony to come to fruition.
Despite the complex array of emotions surrounding it, the wedding ceremony is met with blessings. When suddenly, a mysterious girl appears…
The fated child inheriting Gear blood–and the mysterious girl who despises Gears.
Their meeting would shake the world.
Making it's first debut on the PlayStation in 1998, Guilty Gear has become one of the most beloved fighting game franchises in history. Known for it's fast-paced, high-energy combat, flexible combo systems, anime-inspired art style, and Signature heavy metal soundtrack. The latest video game entry, Guilty Gear Strive, launched in June 2021, with Season 3 DLC content rolling out since August 2023.
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