New visuals were also revealed for the anime premiering on January 4
The official website for the television anime adaptation of Tsuyoshi Fujitaka’s My Instant Death Skills Is So OverPower (Sokushi Cheat ga Saikyōsugite, Isekai no Yatsura ga marude Aite ni Naranain Desu ga.) light novel series has revealed three more cast members , images and opening song information on Thursday. The website also revealed that the anime will premiere on January 4.
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Hilcrhyme will perform the opening theme song “Killer Bars”.
The newly announced cast includes:
Mark Ishii as Rick
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Sho Nogami as Lynel
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Akira Sekine as Theodisia
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HIDIVE will stream the anime online. The company will present the anime’s North American premiere at this year’s Anime NYC event on November 17.
Masakazu Hishida (Fairy Ranmaru, Ensemble Stars!, KING OF PRISM by PrettyRhythm) is directing the anime at Okuru to Noboru animation studio. Jou Aoba (Hishida’s pen name) is writing and supervising the series’ scripts. Sayuri Sakimoto (Tenchi Muyo! Ryo Ohki OAV 5/2020) is the character designer. Composers include Hanae Nakamura, Tatsuhiko Saiki, Kanade Sakuma and Daisuke Kadowaki.
The cartoon will feature:
J-Novel Club offers light novel series in English and story descriptions:
Waking up to utter chaos and carnage while on a school field trip, Yogiri Takatou discovers that everyone in his class has been transported to another world! He somehow managed to sleep through the entire ordeal himself, missing the Gift-of-power given to the others by a mysterious Sage who appeared to transport them. Worse still, he and another classmate were cruelly abandoned by their friends, left behind as bait to distract a nearby dragon.
Although he was not too bothered by the thought of death, he reluctantly decided to protect his only companion. After all, a lowly Level 1000 monster wouldn’t stand a chance against his secret power that could cause Instant Death with just a thought! If he can stay awake long enough to bother using it, that’s…
Fujitaka first released the story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in 2016 before Earth Star Entertainment began publishing it with illustrations by Chisato Naruse.
Hanamaru Nanto has been publishing a manga adaptation titled My Instant Death Skills Is So OverPower —AΩ— on the Comic Earth Star service since 2018. J-Novel Club also offers the manga in English.
Source: anime website, Comic Natalie
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