Series confirms more staff
The staff for for #Compass 2.0 Combat Providence Analysis System, the new anime project of NHN PlayArt and Dwango‘s online real-time strategy game #Compass—Combat Providence Analysis System (#Compass Sentō Setsuri Kaiseki System), unveiled a new key visual, the creditless opening movie, along with a new trailer.
Nana Mizuki performs the opening theme song “Hakudō” (Pulsebeat).
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The anime will premiere on April 7 on TV Tokyo‘s six channels at 24:00 JST (effectively, April 8 at 12 midnight), and on BS NTV at 24:30 JST (effectively, April 8 at 12:30 a.m.). The anime will premiere on the AT-X channel on April 8 at 8:30 p.m. JST.
The staff for the series includes:
- Series composition, script: Hikaru Ōkawame
- Character design: Yōko Fukushima, Shiori Hiraiwa
- Sub-character design: Motohiro Taniguchi
- Chief animation director: Motohiro Taniguchi, Yasuyuki Noda
- Chief animation inspector: Saori Kishii
- Art design, art director: Takashi Aoi, Kouji Okamoto
- Color design: Tomoko Yamazaki
- CG director: Kento Nishimoto
- CG animation director: Daiki Nakamura
- Director of photography: Daichi Nogami
- Editing: Gō Sadamatsu
- Sound director: Daiki Hachimaki
- Accompaniment artists: Hachiōji-P, YASUHIRO, Yuuyu, Muryokup, Ito Yukino, Nikkei
The anime’s cast, some of which were featured in previous videos, includes:
Hitoshi Nanba (Golden Kamuy, Fate/Grand Order: First Order) is directing the anime at Lay-duce. Yūma Uchida will perform the ending theme song “Heartache.”
#Compass is a three-versus-three capture the flag-style battle game. Players form teams of three by selecting from the game’s roster of colorful characters and fight to capture checkpoints in a certain amount of time. The team that obtains control of the most checkpoints is declared the victor.
The iOS, Android, and Amazon app game is free to play with in-game item purchases in Japan and Taiwan. It has more than 15 million downloads since launching in 2016.
The game already inspired a series of four-minute anime shorts from TMS Entertainment and other studios in 2018.
The franchise also includes several manga and novel projects.
Source: Press release
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