Sample track of anime’s opening song “Hakudō” by Nana Mizuki also streamed
The official website 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), revealed on Sunday the anime’s April 7 premiere on six TV Tokyo channels and BS NTV, and on April 8 on AT-X. In addition, Nana Mizuki‘s official YouTube channel started streaming the track sample for the anime’s previously announced opening theme song “Hakudō” (Pulsebeat).
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.
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The anime’s cast, some of which were featured in previous videos, includes:
- Daisuke Ono as 13
- Sōma Saitō as Reiya
- Sora Amamiya as Jeanne
- Sakura Tange as Voidoll/Bugdoll
- Yoshitaka Yamaya as Atari Jūmonji
- Yasuhiro Mamiya as Justice
- Shiki Aoki as Lyrica
- Reina Kondo as Soubiki Noho
- Tetsuya Kakihara as Tadaomi Ōka
- Hiro Shimono as Marcos ’55
- Rikiya Koyama as Luciano
- Marina Inoue as Matoi Fukagawa
- Kazuhiro Yamaji as Gustav Heydrich
- Ayumu Murase as Tesla
- Atsuko Tanaka as Violetta Noire
- Kokoa Amano as Coquelicot Blanche
- Yu Shimamura as Maria
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Adam Yuriev
- Ayane Sakura as Meg Meg
- Nobutoshi Canna as Istaqa
- Eri Kitamura as Kirara
- Jun Fukuyama as Pololocho
- Kōhei Amasaki as Thorn
- Misaki Watada as Delmin
- Banjō Ginga as Thomas
- Kana Ichinose as Ruruka
- Tomokazu Sugita as Pierre the 77th
- Kana Hanazawa as Amairo Kitsunegasaki
- A.I.VOICE Yukari Yuzuki as System Voice
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.
Sources: #Compass anime’s website, Crunchyroll (Mikikazu Komatsu)
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