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Zaregoto OVA's 1st Trailer Previews Cast

The official website for the Kubikiri Cycle: Aoiro Savant to Zaregoto Tsukai (Decapitation Cycle: The Blue Savant and the Prankster) OVA project, based on the first novel in NisiOisin's Zaregoto novel series, began streaming the first trailer for the anime on Saturday. (Note: The linked video is region-locked to Japan.)

OVA「クビキリサイクル 青色サヴァンと戯言遣い」第1弾トレーラー #戯言https://t.co/cCXDbCuWz9 pic.twitter.com/eSzFwyzIBx

— Кагаяки (@kagayakiru) August 27, 2016

The site had also revealed the show's cast, staff, and theme song artists on Saturday.

The cast includes:

Yūki Kaji as Boku

Aoi Yūki as Tomo

Yū Shimamura as Akane

Ayako Kawasumi as Kanami

Kenji Hamada as Sakaki

Aya Endō as Maki

Haruna Ikezawa as Yayoi

Mariya Ise as Iria

Houko Kuwashima as Rei

Natsuko Kuwatani as Akari

Ryoko Shintani as Hikari

Yūko Gotō as Teruko

Yūko Kaida as Aikawa

Akiyuki Simbo (Bakemonogatari, Puella Magi Madoka Magica) is serving as chief director and working with Fuyashi Tou (Bakemonogatari, Nisekoi) on series composition. Yuki Yase (Nisemonogatari episode director) is directing. Akio Watanabe (Bakemonogatari, Kizumonogatari) is adapting Take's character designs for animation and serving as chief animation director with Hirofumi Suzuki (The Last -Naruto the Movie-). Yuki Kajiura (Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Sword Art Online) is composing the music. SHAFT is animating the project. Sangatsu no Phantasia (Kiznaiver) is performing the opening theme song "Cobalt World" and Kalafina is performing the ending theme song "Marchen."

The first of eight planned DVD and Blu-ray Disc volumes is slated for October 26. Both the DVD and Blu-ray Disc volumes will retail for 3,600 yen (about US$36).

Thanks to Dennis R. and South Pathnet for the embedded videos.

Source: MoCa News