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Crunchyroll to Stream Unlimited Fafnir Anime
posted on by Karen Ressler
Crunchyroll announced on Wednesday that it will stream the anime based on Tsukasa's Unlimited Fafnir (Jūō Mujin no Fafnir) light novel series as it airs in Japan. The first episode will premiere on January 10 at 11:00 p.m. EST for members and one week later for free users. Streaming times for subsequent episodes will be announced later.
The stream will be available in the United States, Central and South America (including the Caribbean), the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia.
Keizou Kusakawa (Asura Cryin', Dog Days, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The MOVIE 1st, Ro-Kyu-Bu!) is serving as chief director with Jun Takahashi (episode director on Cromartie High School, Otogi Zoshi, The Prince of Tennis) directing at diomedéa. Shōko Yasuda is designing the characters, and Satoki Iida is directing the sound. Nippon Columbia is producing the music.
TRUSTRICK will perform the opening theme "Flying Fafnir."Iris Freyja and Mitsuki Mononobe's voice actresses Rina Hidaka and Manami Numakura will perform the ending theme "Ray of Bullet" as their characters.
The cast includes:
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (The IDOLM@STER, Sword Art Online) as Yū Mononobe
Rina Hidaka (Heaven's Memo Pad, Tamako Love Story) as Iris Freyja
Manami Numakura (The IDOLM@STER, Black Rock Shooter) as Mitsuki Mononobe
Hisako Kanemoto (Knights of Sidonia, Durarara!!×2) as LiSA Highwalker
Kana Hanazawa (Deadman Wonderland, Psycho-Pass) as Firill Crest
Sora Tokui (Robotics;Notes, Love Live! School idol project) as Ariella Lu
Fumiko Uchimura (Riddle Story of Devil) as Ren Miyazawa
Ayane Sakura (The Eccentric Family, Love Lab) as Tear Lightning
- Marina Inoue (Attack on Titan, Gurren Lagann) as Kili Surt Muspelheim
- Saori Hayami (Bakuman., Oreimo) as Honoka Tachikawa
- Rikako Yamaguchi (Devil Survivor 2 The Animation, Hiiro no Kakera - The Tamayori Princess Saga) as Haruka Shinomiya
- Nobuyuki Hiyama (Genshiken, Kill la Kill) as Loki
In the "unlimited school battle action" story, the world was transformed by the sudden appearance of monsters known collectively as dragons. Before long, girls known as "D" were born with the dragons' powers. A boy named Yuu Mononobe is the world's only male "D," although his existence is kept secret. He is forced to enroll into Midgar, a school for "D" girls, where he see a female student Iris naked. Moreover, he is reunited with his long-separated little sister Mitsuki.
Tsukasa published the first novel volume with illustrations by Riko Korie (Tsuki Tsuki!) last year. Saburouta (Citrus, Chōkyō Kareshi) launched a manga adaptation in Kodansha's Good! Afternoon magazine in March.
