KADOKAWA has released a second teaser trailer for the upcoming Date A Live V anime, which provides the first look at footage from the new season. A 2024 premiere date and a new character visual were also revealed.
The new character visual features Mio Takamiya (Aya Endou), a powerful, beautiful, and mysterious existence who seems to have some connection with protagonist Shido Itsuka.
Aside from introducing Mio, Date A Live V will pit Shido against DEM Industry, a mega-corporation that seeks the power of Spirits. Date A Live IV‘s Jun Nakagawa is returning to direct at GEEKTOYS, with Fumihiko Shimo (series composer), Naoto Nakamura (character designer), and Gou Sakabe (music composer) also reprising their roles.
Date A Live is based on the Fujimi Fantasia Bunko light novel series written by Koushi Tachibana and illustrated by Tsunako. The books began in 2011 and have 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.
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!
The first four seasons of the anime 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. 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). Date A Live IV was part of the series’ 10th anniversary plan.
Cast
• 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
Source: @date_a_info
