Original cast of, more return for 3rd season premiering in April

The official website for the third anime season based on Ichiei Ishibumi's High School DxD light novel series updated on Saturday, and revealed the first key visual and promotional video, as well as the title for the series: High School DxD BorN .

The series will once again be directed by Tetsuya Yanagisawa with series composition by Takao Yoshioka at animation studio TNK. Junji Goto is again designing the characters, and will also serve as chief animation director.

The remaining staff is as follows:

Music: Ryosuke Nakanishi

Art Director: Kenichi Kurata

Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa

Director of Photography: Hiroyuki Chiba

Assistant Director: Hideki Okamoto

Color Key: Yuichi Furuichi

Editing: Aya Hida

Prop Design: Yutaka Miya

The website also lists the returning cast:





Yuuki Kaji as Issei Hyōdō





Yōko Hikasa as Rias Gremory





Azumi Asakura as Asia Argento





Shizuka Itou as Akeno Himejima





Ayana Taketatsu as Koneko Tōjō





Kenji Nojima as Yūto Kiba

Risa Taneda as Xenovia





Maaya Uchida as Irina Shidō





Ayane Sakura as Gaspard Vladi

The anime will premiere on Japanese television in April.



The original light novel series with Miyama-Zero's art centers around Issei Hyōdō, a dim-witted, lecherous second-year high school student who is killed by a girl on his first date ever. Issei is reincarnated as a devil, and from that day forward, he serves as an underling of Riasu, a high-level devil who is also the prettiest girl on Issei's campus.

The first season premiered in Japan in 2012, and Funimation licensed it for North America for streaming and home video. The second season aired last summer and reunited most of the main staff and cast. Funimation also licensed the second season for streaming and home video.

Thanks to Dennis R and Kagayaki for the embedded video links!