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Monster Strike Anime Previews New Noah Hakobune no Kyūseishu Series in Video
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The official YouTube channel for the Monster Strike the Animation anime began streaming a promotional video on Saturday for a new "series" in the anime franchise titled Noah Hakobune no Kyūseishu (The Savior of Noah's Arc). The anime will premiere online on July 27 at 7:00 p.m. JST.
The new arc will star:
- Sōma Saitō as Noah
- Azusa Tadokoro as Opeko
- Shigeru Chiba as Kesedo
- Yui Ogura as Pandora
Takanori Tsujimoto (Resident Evil: Vendetta) is directing the anime at Studio GOONEYS. XFLAG is credited with production. Masaya Honda (Naruto Shippūden, , Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Soul Buster) is handling the series composition, and Hiroaki Tsutsumi (Blue Spring Ride, Children of the Whales) is composing the music.
Other staff members include: (name romanizations not confirmed)
- CG Director: Mizuki Saitō
- Planning: Yūshi Iga
- CG Supervisor: Yoshiki Nakao, Ikuya Sawai
- Character Design: Masayuki Kondō, Gibachan, Yūho Yamagishi
- Original Character Designs: Kureta
- Art Director: Yoshiyasu Itō
- Executive Producer: Yōhei Suzuki
- Sound Production: Magic Capsule
Masayoshi Ōishi will perform the anime's theme song "Hero."
The first 52-episode net anime season in the franchise premiered in October 2015. The first part of the show's second season premiered in April 2017, and ran until September 2017. The second part of the second season, titled Monster Strike the Anime: The Fading Cosmos, premiered in October 2017, and ran for 13 episodes.
The anime's third season premiered in July 2018 and aired for 12 episodes. After that, the franchise has aired five episodes in an Arthur spinoff series, seven episodes in a Lucifer spinoff series, and 13 episodes in a Solomon spinoff series (all of which are considered part of the overall third season of the anime). The Arthur Kishiō no Kakusei (Arthur (2nd)) anime premiered on May 11 and has so far aired seven episodes.
The Monster Strike The Movie anime film opened in Japan in December 2016. Crunchyroll began streaming the film in May 2017. The second film in the franchise, Monster Strike The Movie: Sora no Kanata (Beyond the Sky), opened in Japan last October.