The official website of Monster Strike: Deadverse Reloadedthe first anime in the franchise to air on television, confirmed that the series will premiere on October 21. The broadcast will be carried out through Tokyo MX and on more than 45 channels throughout Japan, with a planned run of one cour (a television quarter).
Main staff and new promotional visual
Along with the release date, a new promotional image and the complete list of the production team. The direction will be in charge of Masao Okubo (Record of Ragnarok) in the studios Yumeta Companywith production in the hands of ARCH. Noriyuki Nakamura (Shoot! Goal to the Future) will serve as assistant director, while Hayato Kazano (Classroom of the Elite) and Jin Haganeya (Guilty Crown) will supervise and write the scripts.
The character design will fall to Kazumi Inadome (Un-Go). Other notable staff members include:
- Creature Design: Takaaki Sekizaki
- Color design: Aiko Yamagami (TDI)
- Art direction: Shingo Kanai (Kusanagi)
- Background art: Hideyasu Narita (Kusanagi)
- 3DCG Address: Takema Sawamura (Felix Film)
- Photography direction: Takeo Ogiwara (Graphinica)
- Edition: Yūji Kondō (REAL-T)
- Sound direction: Yasunori Ebina
- Sound production: Magic Capsule
- Music: MIRACLE BUS
Monster Strike's trajectory in the anime
The franchise was born as a mobile video game MIXIreleased in Japan in 2013 for iOS and Android, with an English version in 2014 that closed in 2017. The game also reached Nintendo 3DS in 2015.
The first anime in the franchise, Monster Strike the Animationdebuted online in October 2015 with 52 episodes. Since then, the saga has added multiple seasons, specials and spin-offs focusing on characters like Arthur, Lucifer and Solomon. In 2019, new installments were released such as Arthur Kishiō no Kakusei and Noah Hakobune no Kyūseishuwhile Lucifer: The Final Arc debuted in 2020 with English subtitles.
The franchise also explored innovative formats, such as anime Hareruya: Fated Choice (2020), which allowed viewers to decide the ending in real time through platforms such as YouTube and Abema TV.
Monster Strike on the big screen
The saga has had several films. The first, Monster Strike The Moviepremiered in December 2016. Later came Sora no Kanata in 2018 and Lucifer Dawn of Despair in 2020, the latter available in Crunchyroll since August 2021.
With Deadverse Reloadedthe franchise is preparing to go one step further and conquer traditional television in Japan.
