P.A. Works announced
a new original television anime on Thursday titled Fairy
gone that will premiere in April.
Kenichi Suzuki (Cells at Work!, JoJo's
Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders, Drifters)
is directing the anime, with Grimgar
of Fantasy and Ash light novel author Ao
Jūmonji writing and overseeing the scripts. Haruhisa
Nakata drew the original designs for the characters and fairies, while Takako
Shimizu (JoJo's
Bizarre Adventure, Sōsei no Aquarion Love)
designed the characters for animation. [K]NoW_NAME (Grimgar
of Fantasy and Ash, Sakura Quest)
is credited for music production, and will perform the anime's opening theme
song "KNOCK on the CORE" (previewed in video above). "Five fairy
scholars" is credited for the original work.
The
anime's tagline is "Once, the fairies were weapons."
The anime is
set in a world where fairies possess and reside within animals, granting them
special powers. By surgically removing and transplanting the organs of a
possessed animal into a human, humans can partially summon the fairy and use it
as a weapon. Eventually, such individuals were used for war, and were called
"Fairy Soldiers." After a long war, these soldiers lost their
purpose, and had to reintegrate into society. From the government, to the
mafia, and even becoming terrorists, each tread their own path.
The story
begins nine years after the end of the war, and centers on the protagonist
Maria. Maria is a fresh recruit of "Dorothea," an organization
dedicated to the investigation and suppression of fairy-related crimes and
incidents. Even in peacetime, the government is still unstable after the war.
Many criminals still have lingering wounds from the previous conflict, and
there are terrorist groups bent on revenge. This is the story of Fairy Soldiers
seeking their own justice in a chaotic postwar world.
The cast and
characters include: (Note: Character name romanizations are not official.)
Kana Ichinose as Maria
Noel, a new recruit in "Dorothea," an organization dedicated to
fighting Fairy-related crime and illegal activity. She is a special case who
has the ability to control fairies without undergoing fairy organ implant
surgery. Her village was burned down during the war, leaving her and her
childhood friend Veronica as the sole survivors. She was separated from
Veronica, but eventually learned that Veronica became an assassin who wanted
revenge. Maria joined Dorothea in order to stop Veronica. She was raised by a
hunter, and knows her way around hunting rifles and blades in a fight. She is
normally quite easy-going, but easily becomes emotional when the subject turns
to Veronica.
Ashclad, Maria's fairy. It has the power to generate
extremely high heat from its hand, such that anything it touches is reduced to
ash.
Tomoaki Maeno as
Free Underbar, the replacement commander of Dorothea's Unit 1. He encouraged
Maria to join Dorothea, and works with her on many investigations. During the
war, he fought as a dual sword-wielding Fairy Soldier. While he can be blunt at
times, he always means well, and he earns the affection of his colleagues.
Red Hood, Free's fairy. It is an agile fighter that can use
its claws and fangs, and even generate sonic attacks through screaming.
Ayaka Fukuhara as
Veronica Thorn, Maria's childhood friend. She and Maria were the sole survivors
of their village being burned during the war. She swore revenge on Ray Dorn,
the traitor general responsible for the burning of her village. She learned to
excel in combat skills, and eventually became a cold-hearted assassin. Like
Maria, she can also control fairies without undergoing fairy organ implant
surgery.
Blood Daughter, Veronica's fairy. It has the power to enter
bodies through wounds Veronica caused, and destroy them from the inside.
Yoshimasa Hosoya as
Ulfran Low, a former Fairy Soldier who fought alongside Free during the war.
The war claimed the lives of his wife and child, and he turned to vengeful
terrorism in the aftermath. He is a pragmatic sort, who doesn't normally let
his emotions show, but anyone can see the fire inside him when he talks about
the war.
Fitcher, Ulfran's fairy. With its six blades, it slices its
enemies apart.
Update: Character and fairy descriptions added.
Sources:
Fairy gone anime's website, Comic Natalie, MoCa News
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