'Black★★Rock Shooter: Dawn Fall' Unveils Lead Cast, Teaser Promo

by Vindstot
Dec 25, 2021 3:15 PM | 16 Comments

The official website of Black★★Rock Shooter: Dawn Fall, the new Black★Rock Shooter anime series, revealed the lead cast, a teaser promo, and the opening theme performer on Sunday. The television anime will begin airing in April 2022, with exclusively streaming on Disney+.

Black Rock Shooter (Empress): Yui Ishikawa (Violet Evergarden)

Dead Master: Saori Hayami (Kami no Tou)

Strength: Megumi Han (Little Witch Academia)

Singer-songwriter ZAQ (Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e, Koukaku no Pandora) is performing the opening theme "ASEED," previewed in the teaser promo.

Tenshou (Motoki Tanaka) (Grisaia no Kajitsu) is directing the action drama anime at Bibury Animation Studios and Bibury Animation CG. Makoto Fukami (Mahou Shoujo Tokushusen Asuka) is handling the series composition and script, with the assistance of Ryou Yoshigami (Psycho-Pass 3 script). Masayuki Nonaka (Rewrite) and You Nakagawa (Azur Lane animation director) are serving as character designers and chief animation directors.

Source: Moca News

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I loved the relationship, that Mato and Yomi had. They were so cute together <3

Jan 2, 2022 3:22 AM by Jenskuli99

OK, now I did express quite a bit of disdain toward most of the redesigns and especially the studio, but now that we're actually getting footage I'm going to have to switch gears back once more.

Short of some CG that could do with a spot more integration, Bibury have made a - highly unexpected - phenomenal job. Very happy to see that Dead Master and Strength seem to have Black Trikes of their own, and that the latter has her proper hands again. Good song to boot, too.

Definitely the most relieving news I've heard in a while.

Jan 1, 2022 1:59 AM by O_T_T

How is it possible that this franchise still has enough momentum behind it to generate another new anime? I can only assume they expect the nostalgia of people who liked this as young teens and are now grown adults to fuel this project.

Dec 26, 2021 4:11 PM by _mahoushoujos_

Psajdak said:

Illyricus said:

This isn't the first time in the franchise that this happens. In the videogame BRS wasn't voiced by Kana Hanazawa, but by Maaya Sakamoto (Hanazawa took the character again in the 2012 anime, probably cause it had a similar school drama setting like the OVA). Either way, I would have loved for the old cast to return too.

Yeah, I was told something like that on another site.

Still, considering the fact that Kana Hanazawa, and Miyuki Sawashiro are still super popular (AFAIK), I would have expected them to reprise their roles.

As for a show with a couple of OVAs and one (so far) series, it has too many incarnations already.

Dec 26, 2021 11:43 AM by RobertBobert

Dec 26, 2021 9:28 AM by Ajvisor

Psajdak said:
I find it weird that they haven't brought back Kana Hanazawa, Miyuki Sawashiro, Kana Asumi, Mamiko Noto, and rest of the previous seiyu.

They're different incarnations from the charas from the OVAs and the 2012 TV anime, that's why they changed the VAs.

This isn't the first time in the franchise that this happens. In the videogame BRS wasn't voiced by Kana Hanazawa, but by Maaya Sakamoto (Hanazawa took the character again in the 2012 anime, probably cause it had a similar school drama setting like the OVA). Either way, I would have loved for the old cast to return too.

Dec 26, 2021 9:22 AM by Illyricus

I find it weird that they haven't brought back Kana Hanazawa, Miyuki Sawashiro, Kana Asumi, Mamiko Noto, and rest of the previous seiyu.

Dec 26, 2021 9:02 AM by Ajvisor

Nice more of Hayami Saori.

Dec 26, 2021 8:53 AM by MegamiRem

Trio main casts are worked together in Pretty Cure series as main magical girls

Dec 26, 2021 5:42 AM by reny1966nanin

Yuri-Crusader said:
The previous Black★Rock Shooter has so much stupid shit in it that I didn't like. But it also had glorious lesbian kissing,,,,YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES

So I am going to watch this and hope for some more sweet Yuri

Wait there were kissing scenes? Why don't I remember about that?

Dec 26, 2021 4:43 AM by Yuu_Kanzaki

Super excited. Ngl I kinda wish they kept the cape in the previous design of BRS.

Dec 26, 2021 1:27 AM by Monochrosanity

So now this is a post-apocalyptic action with more 3D and less of any reallife SoL?

Dec 26, 2021 1:20 AM by RobertBobert

The previous Black★Rock Shooter has so much stupid shit in it that I didn't like. But it also had glorious lesbian kissing,,,,YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES

So I am going to watch this and hope for some more sweet Yuri

Dec 26, 2021 1:07 AM by Yuri-Crusader

Great to see Ishikawa get another main role!

Dec 25, 2021 4:08 PM by Recprocate

The CGI seems to be an step down from the 2012 anime, who had wonderful CGI, but I like how the setting is gonna be more similar to the videogame. It sucks they changed the VAs from the previous series, but it makes sense as they're brand new characters despite having the same name. Either way I'm interested to see how the Black Rock Shooter franchise is gonna take it's revival in the 2020's.

Dec 25, 2021 3:59 PM by Illyricus

like i said i still prefer the 3DCG of SANZIGEN but this is not bad at all

Dec 25, 2021 3:27 PM by deg