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Monster Strike Anime Film's Longer Teaser Video Previews Theme Song

posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Prequel anime film featuring Ren as elementary school student opens on December 10

The official YouTube channel for the Monster Strike anime began streaming a longer second teaser video on Saturday for the Monster Strike The Movie anime film. The video previews Naoto Inti Raymi's theme song "Yume no Arika" (Where the Dream Is).

Warner Bros. Japan streamed a shorter version of the teaser on Thursday.

The film will open in Japan on December 10. The cast includes:

Nana Mizuki as Arthur

Kouichi Yamadera as Genome (a film-original character)

The film will tell a prequel story before the events of the net anime series. Shinpei Ezaki (Gunslinger Stratos: The Animation, Guilty Crown: Lost Christmas) is directing the film at XFlag, while Yoichi Kato (Yōkai Watch, Aikatsu!) and Jirō Ishii (BBK/BRNK, Under the Dog) are returning from the series to supervise the film's script. Taku Kishimoto (ERASED, Joker Game, 91 Days) is penning the script. Nao Hirasawa (Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet, Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches) is credited as producer. Tatsurō Iwamoto is credited for original character design, and Masayuki Kondō is credited for monster design. Shizue Kaneko is credited for animation design. LIDEN FILMS, Ultra Super Pictures, and XFLAG PICTURES are producing the film.

The ongoing Monster Strike net anime series premiered in October 2015. New episodes stream on YouTube with English subtitles starting on the same day the anime premieres online in Japan.

The anime centers on protagonist Ren Homura, who returns to his hometown of Kaminohara, but something in his memories tells him he didn't really live in Kaminohara before. After the Monster Strike app is forcefully installed on his phone, the game and its battles start to help him piece together his scattered memories. Ren also uncovers the truth about the smartphone game.

The net anime series and anime film are both based on mixi's mobile game. The game's staff reports over 35 million players worldwide.

Images © mixi, Inc.


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