The TV anime “Date A Live IV” (デート・ア・ライブIV) is confirmed to debut in October 2021 during the “Kadokawa Light Novel Expo 2020” event on 7th March. A teaser visual is also revealed for the announcement.
The fourth season of the anime series is directed by “Date A Bullet” movie director Jun Nakagawa and animated by Geek Toys. “Talentless Nana” script writer Fumihiko Shimo is working on the series composition. The cast members from previous seasons are reprising their roles. The series also celebrates 10th anniversary on 19th March with various campaigns that will be held later on.
▍Synopsis
The series begins with a strange phenomenon called a “spatial quake” devastating the center of Eurasia, resulting in at least 150 million casualties. For the next 30 years, smaller spatial quakes plague the world on an irregular basis.
In the present, Shido Itsuka, a seemingly ordinary high school student, comes across a mysterious girl at ground zero of a spatial quake. He learns from his adoptive sister Kotori that the girl is one of the “Spirits” from different dimensions who are the real cause of the spatial quakes that occur when they manifest themselves in the real world.
He also learns that Kotori is the commander of the airship Fraxinus, crewed by the organization Ratatoskr and its parent company Asgard Electronics, and is recruited to make use of his mysterious ability to seal the Spirits’ powers thus stopping them from being a threat to mankind.
However, there is a catch: to seal a Spirit’s power, he must make each Spirit fall in love with him and make her kiss him. Shido’s intelligent classmate, Origami Tobiichi, is a sergeant of the AST (Anti-Spirit Team), a special unit designed to suppress the threat posed by Spirits. As Shido successfully keeps sealing more and more Spirits, he gains allies to help him with his dates with other Spirits. Shido also increases the competition among them for his attention and affection, much to his chagrin.
▍Staff and Production
Original Works: Kōshi Tachibana (橘公司) [KADOKAWA Fantasia Bunko]
Original Character Design: Tsunako (つなこ)
Director: Jun Nakagawa (中川 淳)
Series Composition: Fumihiko Shimo (志茂文彦)
Character Design: Naoto Nakamura (中村直人)
Music: Go Sakabe (坂部 剛)
Animation: GEEKTOYS
▍Cast
■ Shido Itsuka (五河士道) – CV: Nobunaga Shimazaki (島﨑信長)
■ Tohka Yatogami (夜刀神十香) – CV: Marina Inoue (井上麻里奈)
■ Origami Tobiichi (鳶一折紙) – CV: Misuzu Togashi (富樫美鈴)
■ Kotori Itsuka (五河琴里) – CV: Ayana Taketatsu (竹達彩奈)
■ Yoshino (四糸乃) – CV: Iori Nomizu (野水伊織)
■ Kurumi Tokisaki (時崎狂三) – CV: Asami Sanada (真田アサミ)
■ Kaguya Yamai (八舞耶倶矢) – CV: Maaya Uchida (内田真礼)
■ Yuzuru Yamai (八舞夕弦) – CV: Sarah Emi Bridcutt (ブリドカット セーラ 恵美)
■ Miku Izayoi (誘宵美九) – CV: Minori Chihara (茅原実里)
■ Natsumi (七罪) – CV: Ayumi Mano (真野あゆみ)