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SI-VIS: The Sound of Heroes Anime Reveals Teaser Video With Insert Song, More Staff

Aniplex revealed a new teaser promotional video at the Aniplex Online Fest event on Saturday for it and Sony Music's new original television anime series SI-VIS: The Sound of Heroes.

The video previews SI-VIS' insert song "Melodea." The event also revealed more staff members.

Daisuke Yoshida (Idol Incidents, Blue Exorcist: Beyond the Snow Saga) is directing the anime at Studio VOLN. Naho Ōtsuki (key animator for Lycoris Recoil, Back Arrow) and Nami Fujii (key animator for My Hero Academia seasons 6 and 7) are designing the characters for animation, and Shūhei Mutsuki (Spy×Family three seasons) is composing the music.

Other staff members include:

• Sub-Character Design: Mika Takahashi, Masahiro Yamanaka
• Monster Design: Tomohisa Onoue
• Chief Animation Director: Yurie Ōhigashi
• Action Animation Director: Takaaki Hirayama
• Art Director: Takao Makino
• Color Design: Yoshinori Horikawa
• Director of Photography: Sota Mikami
• CG Director: Masato Takahashi
• Editing: Yumi Jinguji
• Sound Director: Yasushi Nagura

As previously announced, Fumiaki Maruto (Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend light novel author and anime scriptwriter) is overseeing and writing the series scripts. Hidari (Santa Company, Fractale, Phantom in the Twilight) is the original character designer.

The series will debut on Fuji TV on October 5 at 9:30 a.m. JST. The anime will stream on various services in Japan starting on October 7. Crunchyroll will also stream the series worldwide excluding Asia.

The anime will star:

• Nobunaga Shimazaki as Sōji
• Akari Kitō as μ (pronounced "myu")
• Daisuke Namikawa as YOSUKE
• Ayane Sakura as Siren
• Sōma Saitō as JUNE

Sony Music selected the vocal artists who will provide the singing voices for the characters, and will reveal those artists at a later date.

The story centers on the members of the SI-VIS co-ed vocal unit that is wildly popular both inside and outside Japan. Their true secret identity is a group of heroes who fight against a mysterious calamity threatening to destroy the world named "Mirage." Through their live performances, they gather the power to fight.

Source: Press release