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Chain Chronicle Anime Project Streams Trailer for 2nd Film

The official website for Chain Chronicle: Haecceitas no Hikari (Chain Chronicle: The Light of Haecceitas), the theatrical and television anime adaptation of Sega's Chain Chronicle smartphone game, began streaming a trailer for the theatrical project's second film on Friday.

The film project is split into three films, with each film screening in a two-week limited engagement in theaters. The first film debuted on December 3, the second will debut on January 14, and the third film will debut on February 11. The 12-episode television anime version will then premiere in January. Each of the three anime films has the same story content as four television episodes.

The anime franchise is also getting "Petit Chara Animation" tie-in anime shorts that will screen in theaters and also air on television with the main anime.

The anime's cast includes:

Akira Ishida as Yuri

Ayane Sakura as Phina

Maaya Uchida as Pirika

Daiki Yamashita as Aram

• Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Cain
• Aya Uchida as Marina
• Asami Imai as Mishidia
• Hikaru Midorikawa as Shuza
• Kotori Koiwai as Juliana
• Junichi Yanagita as Werner
• Miyuki Satou as Fatima
• Satoshi Hino as Rafaga
• Miku Itō as Lilith
• Rie Murakawa as Kiki
• Yuka Ōtsubo as Roro
• Yoshihisa Kawahara as Burckhardt
• Manami Numakura as Eirenus
• Akio Ohtsuka as The Black King
• Nao Tōyama as "legendary songstress" Mujika

Masashi Kudo (Kyō no Asuka Show, Hayate the Combat Butler! Cuties, Ikki Tousen: Extravaganza Epoch) is directing the anime and designing the characters at Telecom Animation Film and Graphinica. Touko Machida (Allison & Lillia, The IDOLM@STER, Chaika the Coffin Princess) is supervising the scripts. Daisuke Jinba (Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens, Kimi ni Todoke - From Me to You, anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day) is in charge of art direction. Masato Kōda (Arpeggio of Blue Steel - Ars Nova, Maria the Virgin Witch, KonoSuba – God’s blessing on this wonderful world!!) is composing the music, and Shōji Hata (Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal, Fairy Tail, One-Punch Man) is in charge of sound direction. Takeo Ogiwara (Princess Tutu, Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo, Penguindrum) is director of photography.

Nao Tōyama is performing film version's opening theme song "Chain the world," and will also perform the television broadcast's ending theme song "True Destiny." Nano is performing the film version's ending theme song "PARAISO," and will also perform the television broadcast's opening theme song "My Liberation."