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Crunchyroll Adds Chaika - The Coffin Princess Avenging Battle Sequel Anime

Media distribution service Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that it will stream Chaika - The Coffin Princess AVENGING BATTLE, the second anime series based on Ichiro Sasaki's Chaika the Coffin Princess novels. The first episode will premiere on Wednesday, October 8 at 1:05 EDT for premium members and one week later for free members.

The stream will be available in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, South Africa, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Latin America (Central and South America including Caribbean), Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Greece, Holy See (Vatican City State), Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Republic of Monaco, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Span, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine, Aruba, French Guiana, French Polynesiam Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, New Caledonia, Reunion, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin (French), St. Pierre & Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna Islands, and the Arabic and Middle East.

Crunchyroll describes the story:

Toru, a young former soldier was left living a life of meaningless self-indulgence after the war ended. While searching for food in the forest, Toru met Chaika, a young girl carrying a coffin, and found a reason to live again. After she gave him a job to do, he declared her his master and joined her, along with his younger sister Akari, on a journey to fulfill Chaika's goal.

During their travels, other girls who look just like Chaika appear before them one after another, each claiming to be "Chaika" as well. One dressed in red, one in blue, and one in white... but all the "Chaikas" share the goal of gathering the emperor's remains. Which is the real Chaika? What exactly IS "Chaika"? Many mysteries intertwine in a complex web, all centered upon "Chaika" and the remains. What truth will be revealed when all the remains have been gathered together?

Sōichi Masui (Scrapped Princess) is returning to direct the anime at Bones with series composition by Touko Machida (Tears to Tiara). Nobuhiro Arai (Honey and Clover key animation) will design the characters for the series, while Seikou Nagaoka (Pretty Rhythm Aurora Dream) is composing the soundtrack. The voice actress unit coffin princess comprising of Anzai, Yui Makino, and Saeko Zōgō will return to perform the ending theme song, "Watashi wa Omae no Naka ni Iru" (I Am Inside of You).