Valkyrie Drive Anime, Console & Mobile Games Project Announced

At the ongoing AnimeJapan event, Japanese media publisher Marvelous have announced the Valkyrie Drive project, a mixed media project which includes a TV anime, a home console game and a mobile game. The project itself will be helmed by the creators of Senran Kagura Kenichirou Takaki and Hiraku Kaneko.

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The first entry into the project is a TV anime series titled Valkyrie Drive -Mermaid- and is being tagged as a

beautiful girl sexy battle action anime

The anime itself will be directed by Hiraku Kaneko (Seikon no Qwaser, Maken-Ki! Two), with Yousuke Kuroda (Trigun, High School of the Dead) handling the series composition, and the series being produced by Studio ARMS (Elfen Lied, Maoyuu Maou Yuusha).

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The main cast of the anime were revealed and includes:

  • Mikako Izawa (Satsuki Kashiwaba from Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Locodol] Yatte Mita.) voicing as Mamori Shoujo
  • Yuka Iguchi (Mako Reizei in Girls und Panzer) who voices Mirei Shikishima

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Here is the first PV for the anime that also previews the Opening theme song Oh No, Oh No sung by Hitomi Harada:

The next project is a home console title called Valkyrie Drive -Bhikkhuni- that is tagged as:

Girls use their bodies as weapons

The game itself will be developed by Meteorise and published by Marvelous.

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The cast of the games include:

  • Aya Suzaki (Tamako Kitashirakawa from Tamako Market) voicing as Rinka Kagurazaka
  • Kanae Itou (Yui in Sword Art Online) as Ranka Kagurazaka

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The final installment in the project is the free to play mobile game Valkyrie Drive -Siren-, a

beautiful girl sexy social game

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The cast of the game includes:

  • Azusa Tadokoro (Fino Bloodstone in Yuushibu) will voice Urara Sashou
  • Ayaka Ohashi (Uzuki Shimamura from The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls) is voicing Setsuna Kisaragi

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Further information about all three titles in the Valkyrie Drive project will be revealed in the upcoming issue of Kadokawa’s Weekly Famitsu.

You can visit the project’s website here: http://valkyriedrive.jp/
And their Twitter: @valkyriedrive

 
Source Article and Images – Moca News
Source Article – Anime News Network
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