New Teaser for “Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World” Anime Reveals ED Song, Cast, October Release

The official website of the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Kei Sazane and Ao Nekonabe’s light novel series Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World (Kimi to Boku no Saigo no Senjō, Arui wa Sekai ga Hajimaru Seiseni) has released a new promo video that reveals more staff, additional cast, theme song artist, and the series’ October premiere date. Check out the video here!

The video features the series’ ending theme song, Koori no Torikago (Cage of Ice) sung by cast member Sora Amamiya as her character Aliceliese Lou Nebulis IX. The previously-revealed opening theme song, Against, will be sung by cast member Kaori Ishihara.

Newly-announced cast members in the video are:

·        Kaori Ishihara as Nene Alkastone

·        Nao Shiraki as Mismis Klass

·        Shunichi Toki as Jhin Syulargun

·        Yumiri Hanamori as Rin Vispose

Previously-announced cast members are:

·        Yusuke Kobayashi as Iska

·        Sora Amamiya as Aliceliese Lou Nebulis IX

Jointly directing the anime series are Shin Oonuma (BOFURI: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defense) and Mirai Minato (BOFURI: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defense as well as Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya) for studio SILVER LINK. Series scripts will be done by Kento Shimoyama (Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody). Character designer as well as chief animation director will be Kaori Sato (Masamune-kun’s Revenge, episode director at BOFURI: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defense).

Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World is written by Kei Sazane, with illustrations done by Ao Nekonabe. The novels were first released by Kadokawa in 2017, and Yen Press holds the English-license release for the series. Yen Press describes the series as such:

“A great war has raged for years between the scientifically advanced Empire and Nebulis, the realm of magical girls—until the youngest knight ever to receive the title of the Empire’s strongest meets the princess of the rival nation. Though they are sworn enemies, the knight is taken by her beauty and dignity, and the princess is moved by his strength and way of life. Will the fighting between them ever be allowed to end?”

Source: Anime News Network