Orb: On the Movements of the Earth episode 3 preview images were revealed on Tuesday. This episode will be released on Friday, October 11. Studio MADHOUSE is handling the animation for Orb: On the Movements of the Earth, which is streaming worldwide on Netflix. See preview images below:
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Orb: About the Motions of the World Earth was the biggest surprise in last week's plethora of great premieres. The historical fiction series filled with mystery and suspense is off to a strong start and now it looks like it will continue the trend as Rafal takes on Hubert's research into heliocentrism. But Novak is watching after suspecting him of heresy last week. Will Rafal falter? Or will he continue to pursue the Universe's answers in this week's episode?
Orb: About the movement of the Earth Staff and Actors
Ken'ichi Shimizu (Parasyte-The Maxim-) is the director of Orb: On the Movements of the Earth. Shingo Irie (Kuroko's Basketball) is in charge series layout with Masanori Shino (Black Lagoon) handling character design. The remaining main staff includes:
Music: Kensuke Ushio (DanDaDan)Audio director: Kisuke Koizumi (Chainsaw Man)Director of Photography: Akane Fushihara (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End)Art director: Yasutoshi Kawai (Ninjala)Color design: Narumi Konno (Blue Box)Edit: Kashiko Kimura (Frieren: Beyond Journey's End)
The cast for Earth's Orb: On the Movements includes some big names. Maaya Sakamoto (Ciel Phantomhive – Black Butler) voices the main character Rafal. Joining her is Kenjiro Tsuda (Nanami in Jujutsu Kaisen), who voices one of the main characters in Novakwith Shou Hayama (Aizen from Bleach) in the role HubertYuuichi Nakamura (Gojo in Jujutsu Kaisen) as BadeniKatsuyuki Konishi (Fuegoleon in Black Clover) as Oczy and Saya Hitomi (Mai in Uma Musume) as Yolenta.
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth volume 3 will be released on October 11, 2024.
Comic details
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth is a historical manga mystery film written and illustrated by Uoto. The seinen magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits began publishing the series in September 2020 until it ended in April 2022. Won many awards, including the 26th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award and “Comics best” at the 54th Seiun Awards, the manga also won the Mandou Kobayashi Manga Grand Prix starting in 2021.
Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the series in English and has released 2-in-1 anthology volumes, all of which have been published. The publisher describes the series as follows:
In 15th century Europe, heretics were being burned at the stake. Rafal, a brilliant young man, was supposed to go to university as a child and study the most important field of the time, theology. But Rafal values reason above all else, which leads him to the shocking conclusion that the Earth orbits the Sun and is in the hands of the Inquisition! A decade later, two members of the Watch Guild, the stern young man Oczy and the skeptical Gras, find a hidden stone chest containing the secrets of the universe left behind by Rafal. Do they dare try to change their own star by selling heretical texts or will that only lead to the stake and fire?
Source: Official website, Official X
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