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Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation Airs January + New Cast Revealed

The official website of the anime adaptation of Sega’s Phantasy Star Online 2 has revealed that Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation will debut from January 2016. In addition, more members of the anime’s cast have been revealed alongside their character designs.

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Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation will debut its broadcast in January 2016 during the Winter 2015/2016 anime season. The anime has been confirmed to air on TBS and BS-TBS.

Many new members of the anime’s cast have been revealed and consists of:

  • Nobunaga Shimazaki (Haruka Nanase in Free!) will voice Kouta Kayano

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  • Takuya Satou (Toshiki Kai from Cardfight!! Vanguard) as Masaya Kudou

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  • Rie Murakawa (Hotaru Ichijou in Non Non Biyori) voices Mika Konoe

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  • Aki Kanada (Ginga Hagane in Metal Fight Beyblade) is voicing Yutaka Sasaki

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  • Shun Horie (First Major Role) will be voicing Seiya Urisaka

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  • Minami Kabayama (First Major Role) as Mayu Urisaka

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  • Tessyo Genda (Kyuubi from Naruto) will voice SORO

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  • Kikuko Inoue (Sanae Furukawa in Clannad) is voicing Yumiko

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  • Katsuyuki Konishi (Luxus Dreher in Fairy Tail) is casted to voice Last Samurai

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  • Emi Nitta (Honoka Kousaka in Love Live! School Idol Project) will voice Silva

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  • Kazuhiko Inoue (Kakashi Hatake from Naruto) as Kid

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  • Hiroki Takahashi (Eiji Kikumaru from Prince of Tennis) voices Mamoru Monzen

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  • Marika Kouno (Rin Kohana in Sore ga Seiyuu!) will be voicing as Marika

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  • Riko Kohara (First Major Role) as Riko

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  • Yurika Takagi (First Major Role) will voice Yurika

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They will join the previously revealed main cast that includes:

  • Shouta Aoi (Daiki Tomii from Shounen Hollywood: Holly Stage for 49) voices Itsuki Tachibana

 

  • Ayaka Suwa (Tokaku Azuma in Akuma no Riddle) is voicing Rina Izumi

 

  • Mao Ichimichi (Kazumi Schlierenzauer in Gokukoku no Brynhildr) as Aika Suzuki

The main staff of the anime consists of:

  • Director: Keiichiro Kawaguchi (Minami-ke Tadaima, Sket Dance)
  • Series Composer and Scriptwriter: Mitsutaka Hirota (Persona 4: The Animation, Hero Company)
  • Anime Character Designer: Minoko Takasu (O-jii-san no Lamp)
  • Animation Studio: Telecom Animation Film (Aikatsu!, Lupin the Third)

Here is the first promotional video for the anime:

The announcement of the anime, titled Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation, was made at the offline ARKS Caravan event in Okinawa. The anime will have a brand new original story set in a near future Earth setting, within the universe of Phantasy Star Online 2. It will featuring stories from the players of the game, which is out on the PC, PlayStation Vita and mobile devices.

Phantasy Star is one of the longest running JRPG franchises in the industry. Developed and published by Sega, the first game in the series released in Japan on the Sega Master System in late December, 1987. Since the first game’s release, over 10 games have been produced. The series eventually grew internationally with the release of Phantasy Star Online in 2000, a MMORPG that released on the Dreamcast, Xbox and PC. Since its release, the Online games became its own series. All of the games are set in the near future in various solar systems and clusters. The latest game in the series is Phantasy Star Nova, a single player RPG based on PSO2 for the PlayStation Vita.

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Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation will air from January next year during the Winter 2015/2016 anime season, on TBS and BS-TBS. Further information about the series will be revealed in the near future.

You can visit the website here: http://phantasystar.sega.jp/psportal/pso15anniversary/animation/
And follow the anime on Twitter: @ANIME_PSO2

 
Source Article and Images – Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation Website
Source Article – Anime News Network
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