The anime based on Yostar’s Arknights, Arknights Prelude to Dawn revealed a new trailer with English subtitles previewing more of the story, and for the first time giving a some of the Reunion members voices, who weren’t originall voiced in the game.
These include Maaya Sakamoto as Talulah, Kohei Amasaki as Mephisto, Shun Horie as Faust, Sayaka Sembongi as Crownslayer, and Satsumi Matsuda as Misha and Risae Matsuda as Skullshatterer. And yes, the latter two are twin sisters, befitting of the roles they’ll be playing!
Arknights Prelude to Dawn Debuts on October 28.
▍Arknights Prelude To Dawn Trailer 4
▍Arknights Story
Arknights is set in a ruined world. Upon the discovery of a mysterious mineral known as “Originium”, mankind made giant leaps in technologies, but it also brought a deadly virus. People infected by Source are known as “infected”, infected victims will slowly petrify from within their bodies. With no cure, the only thing those that are not infected can do is quarantine the infected.
The quarantine policy led the infected unifying to rebel against the government, destroying cities and putting them on an irreversible path. Under the disguise of offering Infected medical care, a company known as Rhodes Islands has been secretly researching and experimenting on Originium to create new weapons for the war.
▍Arknights Anime Staff and Production
Original Works: Hypergryph / Studio Montagne
Director: Yuki Watanabe
Assistant Director: Masataka Nishikawa
Character Design: Aya Takefuji
Main Series Writer: Yostar Pictuers
Animation Producer: Takehiro Hata
Prop Design: Yoshi Wakayama
Art Director: Minoru Onishi (BIC Studio)
Art Setting: Ryu Sakamoto (BIG Studio)
Color Design: Keiko Gotou
Director of Photography: Kouhei Tanada
Editor: Kengo Shigemura
Sound Director: Yuki Watanabe
Music: Yuki Hayashi
Music Production: Legendoor
Animation: Yostar Pictures
▍Arknights Anime Cast
Rhodes Island Members:
■ Doctor – CV: Yuki Kaida
■ Amiya – CV: Tomoyo Kurosawa
■ Dobermann – CV: Atsumi Tanezaki
■ Nearl – CV: Ayane Sakura
■ Ch’en – CV: Shizuka Ishigami
■ Hoshiguma – CV: Kiyono Yasuno
■ Franka – CV: Ai Kakuma
■ Exusiai – Manaka Iwami
■ Texas – CV: Azusa Tadokoro
■ Meteorite – CV: Risa Taneda
■ Kal’Tsit – CV: Yōko Hikasa
Reunion Members:
■ Talulah – CV: Maaya Sakamoto
■ Mephisto – CV: Kohei Amasaki
■ Faust – CV: Shun Horie
■ Crownslayer – CV: Sayaka Senbongi
■ Misha – CV: Satsumi Matsuda
■ Skullshatterer – CV: Risae Matsuda