Crunchyroll to Begin Streaming October 3 Source: Aniplex of America press release Official Site: asterisk-war.com (Japan), AsteriskWar.com (US) Special Thanks to EJ Rivera

© 2015 Yuu Miyazaki, PUBLISHED BY KADOKAWA CORPORATION / Asterisk Project

Aniplex of America Inc. announced that they have acquired the anime series THE ASTERISK WAR (??????????, Gakusen Toshi Asutarisuku, 2015) for this upcoming fall season. The first episode is scheduled to premiere on October 3rd and will be streaming exclusively on Crunchyroll. From the same producer of SWORD ART ONLINE, Shinichiro Kashiwada, THE ASTERISK WAR will be animated by studio A-1 Pictures (SWORD ART ONLINE II, YOUR LIE IN APRIL), directed by Manabu Ono (The irregular at magic high school) and featuring music by Swedish EDM sensation Rasmus Faber.

About THE ASTERISK WAR

Invertia (meteor storm)... an unprecedented disaster that struck the world during the 20th century. Because of this disaster, numerous cities around the world were destroyed. However, within the meteor, an unknown element called mana (the all-encompassing element), was discovered, which allowed human technology to make rapid strides. This also gave rise to a new species of human born with unique skills -- the Star Pulse Generation (Genestella). The setting for the world’s greatest comprehensive battle spectacle, the Festas (Star Warrior Festivals), is an academy city above the water surrounded by six academies called “Rikka,” also commonly known as “Asterisk.” Having transferred into Seidoukan Academy in order to fulfill his own wish, scholarship student Ayato Amagiri swears he too will fight in this city. Burning souls race... The curtain rises on this school battle spectacle. STAFF Based on story by Yuu Miyazaki ("Gakusen Toshi Asterisk" MF Bunko / KADOKAWA) Original Character Design: okiura General Director: Manabu Ono Director: Kenji Seto Character Design & Animation Director: Tetsuya Kawakami Set Design: Kenichi Morioka Color Design: Aiko Matsuyama Art Director: Yukihiro Watanabe Director of Photography: Yasuhiro Nakanishi / Hiroki Sugiyama CG Director: Nao Kudo Editor: Masahiro Goto Sound Director: Satoshi Motoyama Music: Rasmus Faber Music Production: FlyingDog Produced by: A-1 Pictures OP Theme: Shiena Nishizawa ED Theme: Maaya Sakamoto CAST Ayato Amagiri: Atsushi Tamaru Julis-Alexia von Riessfelt: Ai Kakuma Claudia Enfield: Nao Toyama Saya Sasamiya: Shiori Izawa Kirin Toudou: Ari Ozawa Eishiro Yabuki: Yuuma Uchida Lester MacPhail: Takanori Hoshino Ernesta Kuhne: Chinatsu Akasaki Camilla Pareto: Mutsumi Tamura Irene Urzaiz: Yumi Uchiyama Priscilla Urzaiz: Juri Nagatsuma Dirk Eberwein: Tomokazu Sugita

About Aniplex of America Inc.

Aniplex of America Inc. (Santa Monica, California) is a subsidiary of Aniplex Inc. (headquartered in Tokyo, Japan), a group of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. and leading provider of anime content and music production and distribution in Japan. Aniplex of America has launched fan-favorite DVD and Blu-Ray releases such as SWORD ART ONLINE, KILL LA KILL, BAKEMONOGATARI, DURARARA!!, FATE/ZERO, PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA, THE GARDEN OF SINNERS, BLUE EXORCIST, ANOHANA: THE MOVIE, NISEKOI, OREIMO 2, MAGI: THE KINGDOM OF MAGIC, EXPELLED FROM PARADISE, VALVRAVE: THE LIBERATOR and WORLD CONQUEST ZVEZDA PLOT. The company`s ever-growing line-up of shows includes our most recent titles SWORD ART ONLINE II, ALDNOAH.ZERO, PERSONA4 THE GOLDEN ANIMATION, The irregular at magic high school, YOUR LIE IN APRIL, FATE/STAY NIGHT: UNLIMITED BLADE WORKS, CHARLOTTE, CLASSROOM CRISIS, DURARARA!!×2, WAGNARIA!! 3 and GOD EATER.