Summer's almost over and that means it's time to start gearing up for the Fall anime season. An upcoming series that should be high on everyone's list is the A-1 Pictures and MAGES adaptation of Chiyomaru Shikura's light novel series, Occult; Nine. Though the light novel series continues Shikura's penchant for using semicolons in his titles, it should be stressed that Occult; Nine is not the next entry in 5pb's coveted Science Adventureseries (Chaos;Head, Steins;Gate, and Robotics;Notes). Nevertheless, Occult; Nine should bring the same quirkyiness usually on full display in any Shikura creation.
Occultic;Nine PV by pKjd
SYNOPSIS: The "paranormal science" story follows nine idiosyncratic individuals, linked by the "Chōjō Kagaku Kirikiri Basara" occult summary blog run by 17-year-old second-year high school student Yūta Gamon. Little incongruities that occur around these nine eventually lead to a larger, unimaginable event that may alter what is considered common sense in this world.
Director: Kyōhei Ishiguro, Miyuki Kuroki - asst. director
Script Supervisor: To-Jumpei Morita
Character Designer: Tomoaki Takase - characters, Kouta Michishita - props, Hisayo Usui - art director
Studio: A-1 Pictures & MAGES
Shikura wrote both the OP (Kanako Itō - Seisū 3 no Nijō ) and ED (Asaka - Open Your Eyes) for the anime series, which will be sung by 5pb. recording artist.