{"id":114394,"date":"2025-03-07T04:36:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T12:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=114394"},"modified":"2025-03-07T04:36:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T12:36:42","slug":"wit-studio-produced-moonrise-debuts-on-april-10-on-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/03\/07\/wit-studio-produced-moonrise-debuts-on-april-10-on-netflix\/","title":{"rendered":"WIT Studio-produced Moonrise Debuts on April 10 on Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Netflix has revealed that the <strong>WIT Studio<\/strong>-produced <em>Moonrise <\/em>science fiction anime will premiere on April 10.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Preview stills were also released, and it was announced that <strong>Chiaki Kobayashi<\/strong> and<strong> Yuto Uemura<\/strong> are the lead voice actors, voicing Jacob &#8220;Jack&#8221; Shadow and Phil Ashe, respectively. Additionally,<strong> AiNA THE END<\/strong>&#8216;s &#8220;Daijoubu&#8221; is the show&#8217;s theme song.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">A teaser trailer was <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2022\/09\/24\/moonrise-netflix-anime-gets-teaser-trailer-2024-release-date\/\">previously released in 2022<\/a>. At that time, <em>Moonrise<\/em> was slated to premiere in 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What happens when Earth&#39;s peaceful existence clashes with the Moon&#39;s fight for independence?<br><br>Produced by WIT Studio, Moonrise features character concepts by Hiromu Arakawa (Fullmetal Alchemist) brought to life by Chiaki Kobayashi and Yuto Uemura, with an original theme song by\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/efcgHJYcTE\">pic.twitter.com\/efcgHJYcTE<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Netflix Anime (@NetflixAnime) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NetflixAnime\/status\/1897920161568420288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 7, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Netflix describes the plot as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">In a not-too-distant future, humanity has established a loosely organized world government with everything managed by an international AI network called Sapientia. People live peaceful lives by loyally obeying its rational decisions. However, Sapientia\u2019s lunar development project, which sends criminals and pollutants to the Moon to maintain Earth\u2019s peace, creates disparity and poverty on the Moon, sparking a catalyst for war. Jacob &#8220;Jack&#8221; Shadow gets caught up in this conflict after losing his family to a terrorist bombing by the Moon&#8217;s rebel army. Vowing revenge, Jack joins the Earth army as a scout on the Moon, only to discover an unexpected leader among the resistance forces.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;font-size: 12pt\">Staff <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Director: <strong>Masashi Koizuka<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Attack on Titan<\/em>\u00a0Season 2 and 3)\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Writer: <strong>To Ubukata<\/strong> (series compsoer of <em>RWBY: Ice Queendom<\/em>,<em>\u00a0Psycho-Pass<\/em> Season 2 and 3)\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Character designer: <strong>Ayumi Yamada<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Attack on Titan<\/em>\u00a0Season 2 and 3 sub-character designer)\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Sub-character designer: <strong>Megumi Tomita<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Seraph of the End<\/em>\u00a0co-main animator)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Original character designer: <strong>Hiromu Arakawa<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Fullmetal Alchemist <\/em>and <em>Silver Spoon <\/em>mangaka)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Mechanical designer and action animator: <strong>Takuma Ebisu<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Vivy -Fluorite Eye\u2019s Song-<\/em>mechanical designer)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Action animator: <strong>Yuko Sera<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Attack on Titan<\/em>\u00a0Season 3 action animation director)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Main animator: <strong>Takaaki Chiba<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Bubble<\/em>)\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Main animator: <strong>Taisei Kudo<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Attack on Titan<\/em>\u00a0Season 3 animation director)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Color designer: <strong>Satoshi Hashimoto<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Spy x Family<\/em>)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Compositing director: <strong>Koji Tanaka<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>The Deer King<\/em>)\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u2022 Music composer: \u00a0<strong>Ryo Kawasaki<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>To Your Eternity<\/em>)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NetflixAnime\/status\/1897920161568420288\"><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">@NetflixAnime<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has revealed that the WIT Studio-produced Moonrise science fiction anime will premiere on April 10. Preview stills were also released, and it was announced that Chiaki Kobayashi and Yuto Uemura are the lead voice actors, voicing Jacob &#8220;Jack&#8221; Shadow and Phil Ashe, respectively. Additionally, AiNA THE END&#8216;s &#8220;Daijoubu&#8221; is the show&#8217;s theme song. 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