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ID: INVADED Virtual World Suspense Anime Reveals Song Artists, 1-Hour January 5 Debut

The official website for the original television anime project ID: INVADED announced the artists who are contributing insert songs for the series, as well as the anime's January 5 premiere.

The following musical artists are contributing songs for these episodes:

The series will premiere with the first two episodes in a one-hour special on the Tokyo MX and BS11 channels on Sunday, January 5 at 24:00 (effectively, Monday, January 6 at midnight), before moving to its regular timeslot of Sundays at 24:30 (Mondays at 12:30 a.m.). It will also run on the TV Aichi, KBS Kyoto, and Sun TV channels.

Funimation will stream the anime, and it describes the anime:

Set in a virtual world, the visually stunning ID: INVADED follows Sakaido, a detective looking to solve the grisly murder of Kaeru, a young girl. But solving this case is unlike any other as the world begins to twist and turn around Sakaido, challenging what he thinks and believes.

Kenjirō Tsuda (One-Punch Man's Atomic Samurai, Attack on Titan's Hannes, Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club's Seijūrō Mikoshiba) stars in the anime as the main character Sakaido. The cast also includes:

• Yoshimasa Hosoya as Momoki
• M.A.O as Hondocmachi
• Sarah Emi Bridcutt as Togo
• Manabu Muraji as Hayaseura
• Takashi Kondō as Shiratake
• Shuuhei Iwase as Habutae
• Junya Enoki as Wakashika
• Wataru Katō as Kokufu
• Fukushi Ochiai as Nishimura
• Rintarō Nishi as Matsuoka
• Ryōta Takeuchi as Fukuda

Ei Aoki (Re:CREATORS, Aldnoah.Zero, Fate/Zero) is directing the anime, and writer and novelist Otaro Maijo (The Dragon Dentist, Spotless Love: This Love Cannot Be Any More Beautiful.) is the scriptwriter. Atsushi Ikariya (Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower, Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works) is designing the characters based on the original designs of Yūki Kodama (Blood Lad manga creator, Hamatora manga artist).

Yoshihiro Sono (Psycho-Pass, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress) is credited for art and world setting, and Daisuke Mataga (Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-, Grimoire of Zero) is the main animator. Takehiro Kubota is the assistant director. Emi Chiba (After the Rain, Magical Sisters Yoyo & Nene) is in charge of color design. Keita Shimizu, Ai Asari, Asuka Mamezuka, Norie Igawa, and Momoko Kawai are animators for the project. U/S is composing the music. Sou will perform the opening theme song "Mister Fixer." MIYAVI's "Other Side" will be the ending theme song.

Kodama also launched a manga adaptation of the anime in Kadokawa's Young Ace magazine on October 4.

Source: MoCa