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Dusk Beyond the End of the World Anime Unveils 1st Promo Video, New Cast, September 25 Debut With 'Episode 0'
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
The official website for P.A. Works' new original television anime series Dusk Beyond the End of the World (Towa no Yugure) revealed on Thursday the anime's key visual, new cast member, first promotional video, and its September 25 debut with episode 0, the prologue story. The video also reveals and previews the opening theme song "Platform" by Uru.
Miyu Tomita joins the cast as Amoru, a young girl searching for a picture book that has been banned in the future world.
The anime will air its "episode 0" on MBS and TBS' "Super Animeism Turbo" programming block on September 25 at 24:26 JST (effectively, September 3 at 12:26 a.m. JST). The anime's first episode will then air the following week on October 2, at the same timeslot.
The story centers on male high school student Akira, who went into cold sleep and woke up 200 years later to a world that was ravaged by war. A new unified organization called OWEL leads people, and a new system called "Elsie" (or "LC") has now taken the place of marriage. Appearing before Akira after he wakes is an android named Yugure, who looks strikingly similar to his girlfriend Towasa. Yugure immediately proposes marriage to a baffled Akira. Akira then decides to go on a journey with Yugure, as he believes Towasa must still exist in this world.
The anime stars (character last name romanizations are not official):
- Shūichirō Umeda as Akira Himegami
- Yui Ishikawa as Yugure
- Ai Kayano as Towasa Ōmaki
"Project FT" is credited for the original work. Naokatsu Tsuda (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, planetarian, The Darwin Incident) is directing the anime at P.A. Works, and is also overseeing the series scripts. Manga creator Midori Tayama (Girl Crush) is the original character designer, and Yoshiko Saitō (Kubo Won't Let Me Be Invisible, Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation II) is adapting those designs for animation. Masahiro Tokuda (Ishura, Platinum End) is composing the music.
Sources: Dusk Beyond the End of the World anime's website, MBSanimation's YouTube channel
