Acro Trip anime confirms October 2024 release date and more

Modified Aug 30, 2024 20:00 GMT

Acro Trip anime confirms October 2024 release date and more (Image via Voil)

Friday, August 30, 2024 saw the Acro Trip anime series’ Wednesday, October 2, 2024 release date confirmed by Happinet. The anime will first premiere in Japan on the Tokyo MX channel at 10PM Japanese Standard Time (JST). This will then be followed by premieres on BS Nippon Television on Thursday, October 3 at 12:30AM JST, and AT-X at 11PM JS on October 3.

In addition, the Acro Trip anime also revealed a new key visual and announced three additional cast members for the series. The latest key visual features some of the newly announced characters. Unfortunately, no information on domestic or international streaming options for the series was announced in this latest batch of news.

Acro Trip anime casts Takehito Koyasu, Koichi Soma, and Yuji Kameyama in latest announcement

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The three new cast members joining the Acrop Trip anime are Takehito Koyasu, Koichi Soma, and Yuji Kameyama. Koyasu plays Hugh, a member of the evil organization Fossa Magna. Soma plays Ojii-chan/Sukyo Date, Chizuko’s grandfather. Finally, Kameyama plays Kuma Kaiji, a mysterious entity which was created by Chroma. The trio join previously announced starring cast members:

Miku Itō as Chizuko Date
Nobunaga Shimazaki as Chroma
Inori Minase as Berry Blossom/Kaju Noichigo
Kengo Kawanishi as Mashirou
Showtaro Morikubo as Baryū Ōmizo
Miharu Hanai as Kokoa
Chiharu Sawashiro as Tsuki

Inori Minase is also performing the opening theme song titled “Fragum,” which is Latin for strawberry. KanoeRana is performing the ending theme song “Reversible Baby.” Ayumu Kotake is directing the anime at Voil studios, with Shinichi Inotsume being in charge of series composition. Toshie Kawamura is designing the characters for the series. Additional staff members include:

Prop Design: Eriko Kubokawa
Art Design: Tomoyasu Fujise
Art Director: Miwa Kawasaki
Color Design: Miho Hasegawa
Compositing Director of Photography: Kento Kida
Editing: Keisuke Yanagi
Sound Director: Ryō Tanaka
Sound Production: Ai Addiction
Music: TECHNOBOYS PULCRAFT GREEN-FUND
Music Production: King Records

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The Acro Trip anime serves as the official television anime adaptation of author and illustrator Yone Sawata’s original manga series of the same name. Sawata’s manga first began serialization in Shuiesha’s Ribbon shojo manga magazine in February 2017, where it ran until its conclusion in December 2022. The manga was collected into five volumes, none of which have been released in English as of this article’s writing.

The series focuses on Chizuko Date, an otaku girl living in Niigata Prefecture. She’s obsessed with Berry Blossom, a magical girl who protects the city, but is alone due to the ineptitude of Blossom’s enemy Chroma. Due to his ineptitude, no one cares about their battles anymore. As a result, Chizuko vows to somehow shine light onto Blossom’s battles and adventures, which takes the middle school girl down a shadowy path with unique characters.