On the official site for the anime adaptation of the light novels written by Koshi Tachibana and illustrated by Tsunako, Date A Live, a new promotional image for the fifth season of the project was revealed. The press release also confirmed that this fifth season will reveal more details next October 14 during the event Fantasia Bunko Big Thanks Online 2023after more than a year of being officially announced.
The fourth season had its premiere scheduled for the season of Autumn-2021 (October-December)but it was delayed until Spring-2022 (April-June) due to “various production circumstances”, while the platform crunchyroll is in charge of its distribution in the West. For his part, Koushi Tachibana and Tsunako published the original light novels through the publishing label Fujimi Fantasy Bunko from the publisher Fujimi Shōbo between March 2011 and March 2020, with a total of twenty-two volumes.
Production team
- Jun Nakagawa (Date A Bullet: Dead or Bullet, High School Fleet Movie) is in charge of directing the anime at the studios GEEK TOYS.
- Fumihiko Shimo (Amagi Brilliant Park, Clannad, Golden Time, Mikakunin by Shinkoukei) is in charge of writing and supervising the scripts.
- Naoto Nakamura (Date A Bullet: Dead or Bullet, Egao no Daika, High School Fleet Movie) is in charge of character design and animation direction.
- gou sakabe (Zero no Tsukaima: Futatsuki no Kishi, Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji, Seiken Tsukai no World Break) is in charge of composing the soundtrack.
Synopsis of Date A Live
Thirty years ago, a strange phenomenon called a Space Quake devastated central Eurasia, taking with it the lives of more than 150 million people. Since then, smaller spacequakes have been manifesting around the world. Shidou Itsuka, a seemingly normal high school student meets a girl at the epicenter of a spacequake.
He is informed by his sister Kotori that this girl is one of the spirits that, by making an appearance in the world, are the cause of said space earthquakes. He also learns that his sister is the captain of the Ratatoskr ship. She recruits him in order to make use of her mysterious ability to seal the powers of spirits. In order to prevent them from becoming a threat to humanity. However, there is a downside. In order to seal the powers of a Spirit, Shidou must make it fall in love with him.
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