The upcoming Date A Live V anime has received its first character visual. It features Shido Itsuka, Tohka Yatogami, Origami Tobiichi, Kotori Itsuka, Yoshino, and Miku Izayoi.
Date A Live V was announced in 2022 and will have new information revealed in October’s Fantasia Bunko Daikansha Matsuri Online 2023 event. A teaser visual featuring the character Mio was released in April.
Date A Live V is based on the light novel series written by Koushi Tachibana and illustrated by Tsunako. The first four seasons premiered in 2013, 2014, 2019, and 2022 respectively. There have also been a 2015 Date A Live anime movie and a two-part OVA based on the Date A Bullet spin-off series in 2020.
Yen Press describes the first volume as:
April 10. The first day of school. Shido Itsuka is rudely awoken by his personal alarm clock—his little sister. It’s shaping up to be another typical day…well, as typical as it gets on a planet plagued by massive spatial quakes. Little does Shido know, however, his life is about to take a sudden turn when he encounters the source of this destructive phenomenon—a girl his age, apparently known as a Spirit. Turns out, there are only two ways he can stop her from unleashing hell on the world: Eliminate her by force or placate her…by taking her out on a date and making her fall in love with him!
Date A Live V sees the return of Date A Live IV‘s Jun Nakagawa as director, Fumihiko Shimo as series composer, Naoto Nakamura as character designer, Gou Sakabe as music composer, and GEEKTOYS as the animation production company. Prior to Date A Bullet, the Date A Live entries were directed by Keitarou Motonaga at AIC PLUS+ (Season 1), Production IMS (Season 2), and J.C.STAFF (Season 3).
The cast includes:
• Nobunaga Shimazaki as Shido Itsuka
• Marina Inoue as Tohka Yatogami
• Misuzu Togashi as Origami Tobiichi
• Ayana Taketatsu as Kotori Itsuka
• Iori Nomizu as Yoshino Himekawa
• Asami Sanada as Kurumi Tokisaki
• Maaya Uchida as Kaguya Yamai
• Sarah Emi Bridcutt as Yuzuru Yamai
• Minori Chihara as Miku Izayoi
• Ayumi Mano as Natsumi
• Hitomi Nabatame as Nia Honjo
• Akari Kageyama as Mukuro Hoshimiya
The Date A Live light novels, which are published under KADOKAWA’s Fujimi Fantasia Bunko label, began in 2011 and has 33 volumes, including 11 short story collections, as of May 2022. Aside from the various anime and Date A Bullet, the series has inspired various manga and video games as well.
Source: @date_a_info
