Visual Novel Developer Frontwing Announces Anime Adaptation of “Grisaia: Phantom Trigger”! + Official PV Revealed!

9:21 AM August 29, 2018

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What You Need to Know:

The team at Frontwing are excited to bring fans of the popular Grisaia series an official anime adaptation titled, “Grisaia: Phantom Trigger”, the latest in the franchise. The anime adaptation is being helmed by TENSHO, director of the anime adaptations of the original Grisaia trilogy as well as other titles including Kin-iro Mosaic and Rewrite.
Additionally, Akio Watanabe of Monogatari series and Kimi ga Nozomu Eien fame is in charge of character design as chief animation director. Bibury Animation Studios is in charge of general production.
The official PV for the anime adaptation, produced by .MP and streaming now on YouTube, offers a striking glimpse at the characters and visual style of the series. It also features a short version of the anime’s theme song, sung by Kurosaki Maon, which evokes the mood and tone of the series. For more details, be sure to check out the official website!

Source: Official Press Release

Characters

Kickstarter Campaign

In addition to this announcement, a new stretch goal was introduced on Kickstarter to make the inclusion of an English dub possible for Grisaia: Phantom Trigger The Animation! If the campaign reaches either $120,000 or 700 backers before it ends on Monday, September 3, Frontwing will be able to move forward with the development of the dub. Details on the studio are yet to be announced but will be forthcoming in updates on the campaign. As part of this update, it was also confirmed that the Blu-ray sets offered in the campaign will be region free.

Frontwing has released preview images of storyboards for both episodes 1 and 2 of Grisaia: Phantom Trigger The Animation (as seen above). Featuring both a fight scene as well as a vehicular action sequence, the storyboards provide a glimpse of how Phantom Trigger’s action-oriented scenes will come to life on the big screen.

Official PV

Grisaia Phantom Trigger: The Animation PV

Grisaia: Phantom Trigger the Animation Staff

Production Staff

Studio - Bibury Animation Studios
Director - TENSHO
Chief Animation Director / Character Design - Akio Watanabe
Official Site & PV Production - .MP

Cast
Rena - Uchida Maaya
Tohka - Sakura Ayane
Chris - Nazuka Kaori
Murasaki - Tanezaki Atsumi
Maki - Nanjo Yoshino
Arisaka Shiori - Izawa Mikako