The official site for Active Raid: Special Public Security Fifth Division Third Mobile Assault Eighth Unit (Active Raid: Kidō Kyōshūshitsu Dai-Hakkei) has revealed more characters and the performers for the anime’s theme songs.
AKINO with bless4 will be performing the opening theme “Golden Life” and Yuka Aisaka is going to be performing the ending theme “Tōmei na Yozora” (Clear Night Sky).
For those not in the know, the anime is set in a near future Tokyo in which, devastated parts of the mega city have sank into the earth. At the same time, development of new exoskeleton suits nicknamed “Willware” is accelerated to deal with this new geological phenomenon to assist in rebuilding the city. However, some people saw the lethal potential in the Willware and quickly began abusing it to commit crime. To combat this, a special police force was formed to deter it.
The cast is as follows from left to right:
Taishi Murata as Tomoki Hachijō, Yuka Aisaka as Hinata Yamabuki, Natsuki Hanae as Mythos and Yasuharu Funasaka, the captain of the Eighth Unit.
Masayo Kurata as Rin Yamabuki, Shizuka Ishigami as Haruka HoshimiyaAri Ozawa as Asami Kazari and Madoka Amano.
Nobunaga Shimazaki as Takeru Kuroki, a lieutenant who uses the Strike Intercepter Willware.
Takahiro Sakurai as Sōichirō Sena, a lieutenant who uses the Elf Sigma Willware.
Finally, Liko a maid-like program that can be installed in any digital device and “Kyōkai-san,” a mechanic.
The Code Geass director will working with episodic director Noriaki Akitaya (Bakuman series), character designing by Shun Saeki and Animation Character designer Asako Nishida. Script is written by Naruhisa Arakawa (Outbreak Company, Dragon Drive) and music scoring of Active Raid fells to Kotaro Nakagawa. Orange will be handling the 3D CG effects and production house is Production IMS (Date A Live series, Shinmai Maou no Testament series).
