From acclaimed animation studio david production, best known for Fire Force, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Cell’s at Work!, and 2022’s Urusei Yatsura, comes their first original animated series Onmyo Kaiten Re:Birth Verse, which will stream on Crunchyroll day-and-date on July 2 around the world excluding Asia as new episodes broadcast weekly in Japan.
Onmyo Kaiten Re:Birth Verse is being directed by Hideya Takahashi (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Golden Wind; 2022’s Urusei Yatsura), who also created the original concept. It is an original story written by Fujiko Sakuno, with an original plot by Akuto Sato. The series composition was written by Hayashi Mori, who previously wrote the screenplay for the animated feature film Drifting Home and the series composition for Cells at Work! Code Black and Sand Land: The Series.
Onmyo Kaiten Re:Birth Verse Official Synopsis:
Narihira Takeru is a delinquent who often thinks about Tsukimiya, the girl who appears in his dreams. After an unexpected accident, Takeru finds himself in a parallel universe, and the world that Tsukimiya lives in. When Takeru and Tsukimiya are slain by a monster, he awakens again and realizes he has leapt through time. Now, Takeru must train with Abe Seimei to fight for Tsukimiya’s life!
Additional staff credits include character design by Kazuaki Morita (Classroom of the Elite; Assassination Classroom); world and setting research by Katsuie Shibata; and the music is composed by Masahiro Tokuda (You are Ms. Servant; ONE PIECE FAN LETTER).
Japanese voice cast and characters:
- Narihira Takeru voiced by Taihi Kimura (Flower and Asura)
- Tsukimiya voiced by Maaya Uchida (My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!)
- Abeno Seimei voiced by Ryohei Kimura (My Happy Marriage)
- Astunaga voiced by Kaito Ishikawa (My Hero Academia)
- Yura voiced by Anna Nagase (ZENSHU)
- Kazura voiced by Marina Inoue (Attack on Titan)
- Shino voiced by Chihaya Yoshitake (Love Live! Superstar!!)
Source: Press Release
