The official website and Twitter page for the TV anime adaptation of Asato Asato's 86 – EIGHTY-SIX light novel series has released more staff information, the anime's first PV, and a new key visual.
New additional staff members include Shirogumi producing the CG, and Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto contributing the music.
Shōya Chiba is voicing Shinei Nōzen, and Ikumi Hasegawa is voicing Vladilena Mirizé.
Toshimasa Ishii is directing the anime at A-1 Pictures. Toshiya Ono is in charge of the series scripts, and Tetsuya Kawakami is designing the characters.
Yen Press publishes the light novel's in English and describes the story as:
A War Without Casualties
The Republic of San Magnolia has long been under attack from the neighboring Giadian Empire's army of unmanned drones known as the Legion. After years of painstaking research, the Republic finally developed autonomous drones of their own, turning the one-sided struggle into a war without casualties-or at least, that's what the government claims.
In truth, there is no such thing as a bloodless war. Beyond the fortified walls protecting the eighty-five Republic territories lies the "nonexistent" Eighty-Sixth Sector. The young men and women of this forsaken land are branded the Eighty-Six and, stripped of their humanity, pilot the "unmanned" weapons into battle…
The promotional video reveals that the anime is set to premiere in April 2021.
New additional staff members include Shirogumi producing the CG, and Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto contributing the music.
NEW KEY VISUAL:
PROMOTIONAL VIDEO:
【第1弾PV解禁】
— TVアニメ『86-エイティシックス-』【公式】 (@anime_eightysix) December 22, 2020
TVアニメ「86－エイティシックス－」2021年4月より放送開始決定。
『少女は"涙"と共に。少年は"死"と共に。』
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▼第1弾PVhttps://t.co/9OC2L7u68D#エイティシックス pic.twitter.com/4IpaNu0RRv
Toshimasa Ishii is directing the anime at A-1 Pictures. Toshiya Ono is in charge of the series scripts, and Tetsuya Kawakami is designing the characters.
A War Without Casualties
The Republic of San Magnolia has long been under attack from the neighboring Giadian Empire's army of unmanned drones known as the Legion. After years of painstaking research, the Republic finally developed autonomous drones of their own, turning the one-sided struggle into a war without casualties-or at least, that's what the government claims.
In truth, there is no such thing as a bloodless war. Beyond the fortified walls protecting the eighty-five Republic territories lies the "nonexistent" Eighty-Sixth Sector. The young men and women of this forsaken land are branded the Eighty-Six and, stripped of their humanity, pilot the "unmanned" weapons into battle…