Square Enix announces that the TV anime adaptation of action RPG “The World Ends with You” (すばらしきこのせかい) will premiere on 4th April. It also reveals a new visual and PV featuring the rap session of the opening song by rapper R Shite (Creepy Nuts).
▍PV
▍Synopsis
Complete the mission…or face erasure.
The main character Neku wakes up in the middle of a busy Shibuya Crossing Intersection unaware of how he got there. He’s in an alternate plane of existence called the Underground (UG). Unknowingly forced to participate in the “Reaper’s Game”, Neku must partner with Shiki, a teenage girl player whom he meets. Neku must fight to survive by completing the missions thrown at him and defeating the creatures called “Noise.” By doing so, he will confront the “Reaper’s Game” along with the truth buried deep inside his memory. “The only way to survive is to trust your partner” Will they survive the “Reaper’s Game”…?
▍Staff and Production
Original Works: The World Ends with You【Square Enix】
Director: Kazuya Ichikawa (市川量也) from DOMERICA
Series Composition:Midori Gotou (後藤みどり) from Sanzigen
Character Design: Tetsuya Nomura (野村哲也), Gen Kobayashi (小林元) from Square Enix
Music: Takeharu Ishimoto (石元丈晴) from THRILL
Animation: DOMERICA × SHIN-EI ANIMATION
▍Cast
■ Neku – CV: Kōki Uchiyama (內山昂輝)
■ Shiki – CV: Anna Hachimine (鉢嶺杏奈)
■ Bea – CV: Subaru Kimura (木村昴)
■ Rhyme – CV: Ayana Taketatsu (竹達彩奈)
■ Joshua – CV: Ryōhei Kimura (木村良平)
■ Hanekoma – CV: Kenjiro Tsuda (津田 健次郎)
■ Yashiro – CV: Satomi Arai (新井 里美)
■ Kariya – CV: Anri Katsu (勝 杏里)
■ Higashizawa – CV: Kenji Takahashi (高橋 賢次)
■ Minamimoto – CV: Takayuki Fujimoto (藤本 隆行)
■ Konishi – CV: Hitomi Nabatame (生天目 仁美)
■ Kitaniji – CV: Hiroshi Shirokuma (白熊 寛嗣)