Just a few weeks before the upcoming premiere of its long-awaited fifth season, it seems that the anime adaptation of the light novel “Date A Live” has prepared new surprises for fans and has announced the production of new film projects that will be focused on the waifus of the franchise, who will show an unknown facet in them to explore a new version never seen before.
Date A Live waifus to show an unknown side in new animes
This news about the new film projects for the popular anime series “Date A Live” was released to the public in the respective official media for the series, where it was specified that these projects will be titled “Date A Idol” and “Date A Magical“. Additionally, a series of visuals featuring characters Nia Honjou, Miku Izayoi, Kaguya Yamai and Yuzuru Yamai for Date A Idol and Kotori Itsuka, Natsumi Kyouno and Yoshino Himekawa for Date A Magical have been unveiled.
Each of these new movies will present a different story of the Date A Live waifus, where we will be able to see in the Date A Idol movie the characters Nia Honjou, Miku Izayoi, Kaguya Yamai and Yuzuru Yamai as if they were beautiful idols. For this film, we will be introduced to the story of Miku Izayoi, a girl who has an angelic voice and was discovered by producer Shido Itsuka to join the idol group “Spilink“.
On the other hand, the movie Date A Magical will star the characters Kotori, Yoshino and Natsumi, who have been reimagined as beautiful magical girls. For this movie, we will be told about the new direction that Kotori’s life, a normal high school girl, will take after being chosen to be a ‘Magical Kamael‘.
There is an important detail to mention and it is that being April 1st in Japan, this round of news is part of the “April Fool’s Day” celebrations that are celebrated every year in Japan. On this curious day, it is normal that this type of announcements are released, so we recommend to be very careful to the announcements that could be released in the coming hours.
Recall that the expected fifth season of the anime series “Date a Live” is scheduled to premiere on television in Japan next April 10 this year and will consist of a total of 12 episodes. Additionally, Crunchyroll announced that this new installment of the series will be legally simulcast in America through its platform.
This new installment of the series will feature the participation of the following production team: Jun Nakagawa will once again be in charge of directing the anime. The animation studio GEEK TOYS will be in charge of production. Fumihiko Shimo will be in charge of composing the anime. Naoto Nakamura will be in charge of the anime’s character design. Go Sakabe will be in charge of composing the anime’s soundtrack.
“Date a Live” presents a reality transformed by cosmic events that have left an indelible mark on human history. Three decades ago, a cataclysm known as the “space earthquake” shook the Eurasian continent, claiming the lives of millions and generating mysterious vibrations that still resonate in the present. Although today’s space earthquakes are less devastating in magnitude, they persist as a constant reminder of the fragility of human existence.
In the midst of this chaos, we are introduced to Shidou Itsuka, a high school student whose seemingly ordinary life takes an unexpected turn the moment a space earthquake threatens the city of Tengu and Shidou bravely springs into action. However, he is caught in an explosion that irreversibly alters his destiny. At that precise moment, his path crosses that of an enigmatic young woman, triggering a series of events that will plunge him into a hidden world full of dangers.
It turns out that this enigmatic young woman is a “Spirit,” an entity from an unknown plane whose mere presence triggers the dreaded space earthquakes. As Shidou delves deeper into this enigma, he is drawn into a conflict of cosmic dimensions. On the one hand, the Anti-Spirit Team seeks the relentless elimination of these entities, considered a threat. On the other hand, a third group known as “Ratatoskr”, led by Shidou’s younger sister, Kotori, believes in the redemption of the Spirits and proposes a bold alternative: to conquer them through love.
This is how our protagonist finds himself in a unique and challenging situation: he must face a race against time to win the hearts of these enigmatic entities and thus prevent catastrophic disasters. The plot unfolds with unexpected twists and turns, intense emotions and comical situations, as Shidou embarks on peculiar dates and adventures in pursuit of a mission that could save both the Spirits and the entire world.
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