The live-streamed fourth anniversary program for COLOPL‘s Alice Gear Aegis smartphone recreation introduced on Friday {that a} tv anime adaptation has been green-lit. This system additionally introduced that the unique recreation shall be out there on an unspecified console or transportable recreation system this yr.

Hirokazu Hanai (Dances with the Dragons) is coming back from the earlier authentic video anime (OVA) to direct the tv anime at Nomad (Dropkick on My Satan!), and Rikiya Okano can be again because the character designer. Nevertheless, Kenji Sugihara (A Sure Scientific Accelerator, Clockwork Planet, Oreca Battle, Shiki) is becoming a member of the employees to supervise the scripts. Pyramid is once more credited with the unique work and supervision.

The teaser promotional video above is a compilation of footage from the OVA, however it additionally options some new footage with dialogue by Manami Numakura as Yotsuyu Hirasaka, narration by Houchu Ohtsuka, and music by Zuntata.

The Alice Gear Aegis: Doki! Actress Darake no Mermaid Grand Prix (Throb! The Mermaid Grand Prix Stuffed with Actresses) OVA launched on September 15. Individuals who bought MegaHouse’s Sitara Kaneshiya Desktop Military determine, Kotobukiya‘s Sugumi Kanagata Megami Machine determine, or Max Manufacturing facility‘s Yumi Yotsuya figma determine acquired a QR code to grant entry to view the 15-minute anime. The OVA was out there in three variations with a separate ending for every of the three characters.

The OVA starred:

• Maaya Uchida as Sitara Kaneshiya
• Eriko Matsui as Yumi Yotsuya
• Atsumi Tanezaki as Sugumi Kanagata
• Manami Numakura as Yotsuyu Hirasaka
• Yui Ishikawa as Fumika Momoshina
• Yuna Taniguchi as Toka Shimoochiai

Numakura, Uchida, and Ishikawa carried out the ending theme tune, and Taniguchi carried out the anime’s insert tune.

The 3D mecha taking pictures recreation options character supervision and designs by Humikane Shimada (Body Arms Lady, Women und Panzer, Strike Witches). Within the recreation’s story, ladies known as Actresses battle mysterious machine lifeforms often known as Vices.

The sport launched for iOS and Android units in January 2018. The sport’s animated opening video debuted in December 2017.

Sources: Alice Gear Aegis recreation’s 4th anniversary stream through Hachima Kikō