The official website and Twitter account for the new original anime series titled, Tokyo Twenty Fourth Ward, which is a collaboration between JoJo's Bizarre Adventure director Naokatsu Tsuda, STEINS;GATE visual novel writer Baio Shimokura, and anime studio CloverWorks, has released a new key visual and promotional video. The video announces additional cast and staff, as well as previews the opening theme song titled, "Paper Sky" which will be performed by Survive Said the Prophet.
The anime is set to premiere on January 5, 2022.
Naokatsu Tsuda is directing the anime at CloverWorks. Vio Shimokura of Nitroplus is writing and overseeing the series scripts. FiFS is designing the characters, and Takahiro Kishida is adapting those designs for animation. Hideyuki Fukasawa is composing the music.
The anime takes place on an artificial island floating in Tokyo Bay, named "Kyokutō Hōreigai Tokubetsu Chiku" (Far East Special District Outside of the Law), nicknamed "24th Ward." The manga centers on three childhood friends born and raised on the island: Ran, Koki, and Shuta. The three have different social standings, hobbies, and personalities, but they are always hanging out together. But their relationships will change dramatically after a certain incident.
At a memorial ceremony one year after the incident, the three happen to meet again, and all of their phones start to ring at once. The phone call is from a friend they thought was dead, urging them to "choose the future." Each young man will believe in their own way of doing things to protect the future of the people of the 24th Ward.
The anime is set to premiere on January 5, 2022.
NEW KEY VISUAL:
1ST PV:
MAIN CAST:
Junya Enoki as Shuta Aoi
Yūma Uchida as Ran Akagi
Kaito Ishikawa as Koki Suido
Additional cast includes:
Manaka Iwami as Asumi Suidō
Yui Makino as Mari Sakuragi
Nanami Tomaru as Kinako
Hitomi Nabatame as Sakiko Tsuzuragawa
Taiten Kusunoki as Gori Suidō
Sayaka Ohara as Kanae Suidō
Sōma Saitō as Kunai
Atsushi Imaruoka as Yamamori
Eri Kitamura as Lucky
Yōji Ueda as Hiroki Shirakaba
Rina Hidaka as Kozue Shirakaba
Yūichi Nakamura as Wataru Tsukushi
Yumiri Hanamori as Kana Shishido
Hiroya Egashira as Kaoru Shindō
Yui Makino as Mari Sakuragi
Nanami Tomaru as Kinako
Hitomi Nabatame as Sakiko Tsuzuragawa
Taiten Kusunoki as Gori Suidō
Sayaka Ohara as Kanae Suidō
Sōma Saitō as Kunai
Atsushi Imaruoka as Yamamori
Eri Kitamura as Lucky
Yōji Ueda as Hiroki Shirakaba
Rina Hidaka as Kozue Shirakaba
Yūichi Nakamura as Wataru Tsukushi
Yumiri Hanamori as Kana Shishido
Hiroya Egashira as Kaoru Shindō
Additional staff includes:
Chief Animation Directors: Akira Takata, Kiminori Itō, Majiro
Assistant Director: Hidetoshi Takahashi
Prop Design: Akira Takata
Graphic Design: Hideki Kawahara, Megumi Soeno
Art Design: Yoshinori Shiozawa
Art Director: Minami Kasuga
Color Key Artist: Kazuko Nakashima
2D Design: Aya Kubota
Special Effects: Ayaka Shimizu
CG Director: Katsuaki Miyaji
Compositing Director of Photography: Yūya Sakuma
Editing: Akinori Mishima
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Assistant Director: Hidetoshi Takahashi
Prop Design: Akira Takata
Graphic Design: Hideki Kawahara, Megumi Soeno
Art Design: Yoshinori Shiozawa
Art Director: Minami Kasuga
Color Key Artist: Kazuko Nakashima
2D Design: Aya Kubota
Special Effects: Ayaka Shimizu
CG Director: Katsuaki Miyaji
Compositing Director of Photography: Yūya Sakuma
Editing: Akinori Mishima
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
TEASER VISUAL:
At a memorial ceremony one year after the incident, the three happen to meet again, and all of their phones start to ring at once. The phone call is from a friend they thought was dead, urging them to "choose the future." Each young man will believe in their own way of doing things to protect the future of the people of the 24th Ward.