Arknights: Rise From Ember Reveals Trailer, July 4 Premiere

Arknights: Rise From Ember revealed a new trailer, key visuals, and a July 4 premiere date. The new season follows Arknights: Perish in Frost, which aired in 2023. Yostar Pictures is animating the series.

ReoNa is returning with a new opening theme song, "End of Days," and Hana Itoki is performing the ending, "Truth." The staff for the Arknights: Rise From Ember anime includes:

• Director: Yuki Watanabe
• Assistant Director: Masaki Nishikawa
• Animation Character Design: Aya Takafuji
• Main Series Writer: Yostar Pictures
• Prop Design: Yoshi Wakayama
• Art Director: Minoru Onishi (BIC・STUDIO)
• Art Setting: Ryu Sakamoto (BIC・STUDIO)
• Color Design: Keiko Gotou
• Director of Photography: Sai Saiun / Kouhei Tanada (Graphinica)
• CG Director: Yudai Ueno (IKIF+, Inc.)
• Editor: Kengo Shigemura
• Sound Director: Yuki Watanabe
• Sound Editor: Kiyotaka Kawata
• Music Supervisor: Yuki Hayashi
• Music Production: Legendoor / grounding lab
• Animation Producer: Takehiro Hata
• Animation Production: Yostar Pictures
• Produced by: Hypergryph Studio Montagne / Yostar / Yostar Pictures

Yuki Watanabe has been directing since Prelude to Dawn (the first season). The cast is also returning and includes:

• Doctor: Yuki Kaia
• Amiya: Tomoyo Kurosawa
• Dobermann: Atsumi Tanezaki
• Ace: Takashi Matsuyama
• Nearl: Ayane Sakura
• Ch’en: Shizuka Ishigami
• Wei Yenwu: Koichi Yamadera
• Hoshiguma: Kiyono Yasuno
• Franka: Ai Kakuma
• Liskarm: Yui Ishikawa
• Exusiai: Manaka Iwami
• Texas: Azusa Tadokoro
• Meteorite: Risa Taneda
• Kal’tsit: Yoko Hikasa
• Medic: Momo Asakura
• Guard: Chiaki Kobayashi
• Crownslayer: Sayaka Sembongi
• Mephisto: Kohei Amasaki
• Faust: Shun Horie
• Talulah: Maaya Sakamoto
• W: Ayana Taketatsu
• Misha: Satsumi Matsuda
• Skullshatterer: Risae Matsuda

Crunchyroll is streaming the anime and describes the plot as:
In the wake of unknown Catastrophes in the heart of Terra, a mineral of unimaginable power has been discovered. With it, society’s technology has made huge leaps and bounds, but the substance causes a deadly incurable disease, leading to a worldwide enslavement of the infected. As a rebellion is now on the rise, a pharmaceutical company races for a cure to save humanity.

The game is adapting the Arknights gacha game by Hypergryph, initially released in 2019. A new game from the franchise, titled Arknights Endfield, is coming later this year.

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