The new two-part Strike the Blood OVA series was announced back in March and now that we’re closing in on its release Warner Bros. Japan has put together an extended promo to showcase the work. The first installment is set to land on DVD and Blu-ray on November 25th, 2015 while the second follows a month later on December 23rd. The property is based off of the light novels of the same name by Gakuto Mkumo with artwork by Manyako, which began in 2011 and has twelve volumes to date. A manga adaptation began in 2012 summer that’s progressing slowly with artwork be Tate. The new OVA will be written by Mikumo as an original story to be animated.
Cast:
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Kojō Akatsuki
- Rise Taneda as Yukino Himeragi
- Asami Seto as Asagi Aiba
- Rina Hidaka as Nagisa Akatsuki
- Ryota Ohsaka as Motoki Yaze
- Hisako Kanemoto as Natsuki Minamiya
The TV series had Hideyo Yamamoto directing based off of scripts by Hiroyuki Yoshino with character designs by Keiichi Sano. No staffing for this OVA has been revealed yet. Discotek Media has picked up the home video rights for the show in North America.
Plot Concept: The Fourth Primogenitor—That’s the world’s strongest vampire that should only exist in legends. Accompanied by twelve Kenjuu and spreading calamity, this phantom vampire appeared in Japan. For the observation and obliteration of this Fourth Primogenitor, the government and Lion King decided to dispatch an attack mage known as a Sword Shaman. However, for some reason, the one chosen for the observation was a apprentice Sword Shaman girl, Himegari Yukina. Wielding the strongest anti-primogenitor spirit spear, Yukina arrived at Demon District, Itogami City. What is the true identity of the Fourth Primogenitor, Akatsuki Kojou, she encountered over there!?
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