P.A. Works, the anime studio headquartered in Nanto City, Toyama Prefecture, opened a website to announce its 15th anniversary anime, Kuromukuro. The studio behind True Tears, Angel Beats!, Shirobako, and Charlotte is collaborating on the original project with Tensai Okamura, the director known for Medabots, Blue Exorcist, The Seven Deadly Sins, and other anime. The website states that the anime will "barge in, in 2016."
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Synopsis
During the construction of the Kurobe Dam, an ancient artifact was discovered, and so the United Nations Kurobe Research Institute was established. Intellectuals from all over the world gathered to study the object, and the children of those researchers attend Mt. Tate International Senior High School, including the institute head's daughter, Yukina Shirahane. In the summer of 2016, a lone samurai once again awakens.
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Information
Type: TV
Episodes: 26
Status: Now Airing
Aired: Apr 7, 2016 to ?
Studios: P.A. Works
Source: Original
Genres: Mecha, Action
Duration: 23 min, per episode
Rating: R-17+
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Staff
Director: Tensai Okimura
Art Director: Nobutaka Ike
Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Character Design: Yuriko Ishii
Color Design: Nobuko Mizuta
Chief Animation Director: Ayumi Nishihata
Mechanical Design: Ariaki Okada
Editing: Ayumu Takahashi
Music: Hiroaki Tsutsumi
Director of Photography: Yuu Wakabayashi
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Main Character
Spoiler for Ouma Kennosuke Tokisada:
Yōhei Azakami (Gakkatsu!'s Hiroshi-kun) as Kennosuke Tokisada Ōma, the samurai awakened in the present day.
Spoiler for Shirahane Yukina:
M.A.O (School-Live!'s Yūri, Digimon Adventure tri.'s Hikari Yagami) as Yukina Shirahane, the daughter of the United Nations laboratory head.
Spoiler for Noelle Sophie:
Reina Ueda (Dimension W's Mira Yurisaki, AntiMagic Academy "The 35th Test Platoon"'s Ouka Ohtori) as Sophie Noelle, an international student born in France.
