On Sunday last weekend, animation studio MAPPA held its 10th anniversary livestream event. During the event they revealed a promotional video for the anime in Bandai Namco Arts and DeNA's anime series titled takt op. (takt opus) The anime is depicts "Musicart" girls who battle with classical music. The video reveals that the anime will be making its debut on October 5th of this year on TV Tokyo and its affiliates, and on BS TV Tokyo. Check out the promotional video below:
For the voice acting cast they have announced Kouki Uchiyama starring in the anime as Takt Asahina. During the livestream event they also revealed a visual poster for fans as seen below. The other character pictured in the visual is Unmei (Destiny).
The original work for the anime is credited to DeNA and Ouji Hiroi. For staff on the anime series, it has been announced that Yuuki Itoh (Granblue Fantasy the Animation, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid) is directing the anime at MAPPA and Madhouse. Kiyoko Yoshimura (Linebarrels of Iron,The God of High School) is handling the series composition. LAM is credited with the original character designs, and Reiko Nagasawa (sub-character design on Overlord III) is adapting those designs for animation. Yoshihiro Ike (The Great Passage, Dororo, Tiger & Bunny) is composing the music. LAM is drafting the original character designs. Musician Marasy is the "key pianist." The artist yish is in charge of background concept art. Orchestral conductor Hirofumi Kurita is credited as a musical research advisor.
Takt.Op Synopsis: One day a black meteorite fell on the world, and the world completely changed. The meteorite produced grotesque monsters called D2, which started running rampant. D2 very quickly banned all music, which was the one thing able to overcome them. But there were some people who resisted the D2. They are young women who hold the power of music, the "Musicart." These young women hold "scores" that are able to defeat the monsters. And there are also people who lead these women, the Conductor.
The anime takes place in America in the year 2047, which has fallen to ruin thanks to the D2. Takt, a Conductor, is partnered with a Musicart named Unmei. Takt yeans for music to be returned to the world, and Unmei wishes to destroy the D2. Their aim is to travel to New York.
They have also announced a game for the anime project. We will get more details about that soon.
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