The KyoMAF special stage for the new anime of CLAMP‘s Magic Knight Rayearth manga on Sunday revealed the second main promotional video and additional cast members for the series. The video also reveals and previews the opening theme song “Otome no Tsurugi” (A Young Lady’s Sword) by Toaka, and the ending theme song “Hoshiakari” (Starlight) by Yurina Kawaguchi.
The newly announced cast members are:
Mamiko Noto as Alcione
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Ayumu Murase as Ascot
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Hitomi Ueda as Caldina
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Hiroki Yasumoto as Lafarga
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The event also revealed the anime will air for two consecutive cours (quarter of a year) for a half-year run.
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The anime will debut on October 7 in the “IMAnimation W” programming block on TV Asahi and affiliated channels at 11:45 p.m. (10:45 a.m. EDT).
The anime will star:
Yui Miura (episode director for Ninja Kamui, Bullet/Bullet) is making his series directorial debut with the anime, and E&H production is producing the anime. Shigeru Murakoshi (Zombie Land Saga, Ninja Kamui, Apocalypse Hotel) is in charge of the series scripts. Satomi Watabe (Escha Chron, Aikatsu Friends!) is designing the characters. Yuki Kajiura, Takumi Ozawa, and Shiho Terada are composing the music. UNLIMITED PRODUCE by TMS is producing the project.
Additional staff members include:
Magic Knight Rayearth centers on three high school girls named Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu. On a class field trip to Tokyo Tower, they are magically transported into the fantasy world of Cephiro. They are immediately greeted by the mage Clef, who tells them that the world is dying after the priest Zagato kidnapped Princess Emeraude, whose prayers maintain the state of the world. Without her singing, Cephiro is on the brink of collapse. Imbued with magical powers as the Magic Knights, Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu must learn how to work together to survive and save Cephiro.
The creative circle CLAMP serialized the Magic Knight Rayearth manga in Kodansha‘s Nakayoshi magazine from 1993 to 1996 with six volumes. The manga inspired two television anime seasons, the first running from October 1994 to March 1995, and the second season, titled Magic Knight Rayearth 2, running from April to November 1995. The manga also inspired a three-episode 1997 original video anime project simply titled Rayearth, featuring an alternate retelling of the story.
Media Blasters first released the television anime on VHS and DVD in the United States. Discotek Media licensed the anime in 2014, and released it as a complete collection on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in 2017. (The release did not include the Rayearth OVA series.)
Source: Press release