The official website and Twitter page for the TV anime adaptation of Asato Asato's 86 – EIGHTY-SIX light novel series has released a new promotional video announcing that the anime's second cour will be premiering in October 2021.
The anime will be split into two cours and will not be one after the other.
Hitorie performed the first opening theme song titled, "3-bun 29-byō" (3 Minutes 29 Seconds).
SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki performed the first ending theme song "Avid."
Newly announced cast includes:
Ikumi Hasegawa as Vladilena Milizé
Shōya Chiba as Shinei Nōzen
Seiichirō Yamashita as Raiden Shuga
Natsumi Fujiwara as Theoto Rikka
Saori Hayami as Anju Emma
Sayumi Suzushiro as Kurena Kukumila
Haruka Shiraishi as Kaie Tanya
Haruki Ishiya as Daiya Irma
Daiki Yamashita as Haruto Keats
Taishi Murata as Kujo Niko
Shinei Ueki as Rui Kino
Masamu Ono as Chise Osen
Katsumi Fukuhara as Toma Sobi
Taito Ban as Tozan Sasha
Shizuka Ishigami as Rekka Rin
Yuka Nukui as Mikuri Kairo
Mayuko Kazama as Maina Atomika
Riho Sugiyama as Henrietta Penrose
Satoshi Mikami as Jerome Carlstahl
Taiten Kusunoki as Reff Adleheit
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. Shirogumi is producing the CG, and Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto contributing the music.
The anime premiere on April 10, 2021.
NEW PV:
Ikumi Hasegawa as Vladilena Milizé
Shōya Chiba as Shinei Nōzen
Seiichirō Yamashita as Raiden Shuga
Natsumi Fujiwara as Theoto Rikka
Saori Hayami as Anju Emma
Sayumi Suzushiro as Kurena Kukumila
Haruka Shiraishi as Kaie Tanya
Haruki Ishiya as Daiya Irma
Daiki Yamashita as Haruto Keats
Taishi Murata as Kujo Niko
Shinei Ueki as Rui Kino
Masamu Ono as Chise Osen
Katsumi Fukuhara as Toma Sobi
Taito Ban as Tozan Sasha
Shizuka Ishigami as Rekka Rin
Yuka Nukui as Mikuri Kairo
Mayuko Kazama as Maina Atomika
Riho Sugiyama as Henrietta Penrose
Satoshi Mikami as Jerome Carlstahl
Taiten Kusunoki as Reff Adleheit
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. Shirogumi is producing the CG, and Hiroyuki Sawano and Kohta Yamamoto contributing the music.
KEY VISUAL:
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…
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…