The March issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Newtype magazine revealed the cast for the Chiba characters in the Qualidea Code television anime series on Wednesday. The revealed cast includes:



Chika Anzai as Asuha Chigusa, the head of Chiba City. She is Kasumi's younger sister, and she's usually pretty listless, but can become trigger happy with her gun in the blink of an eye. She wields two guns, and her power is controlling the movements of material objects.



Yūma Uchida as Kasumi Chigusa, the subhead of Chiba City. He is cynical and a realist. He often boasts of his own failures, and he is only sympathetic to his younger sister Asuha. His weapon is a sniper rifle, and his power is that he can use echolocation to search for things.

The project's official website previously streamed the anime's promotional video.

Qualidea Code is part of an overall multimedia project by five publishers: Shueisha's Dash X Bunko imprint, Kadokawa's Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint, Kadokawa's MF Bunko J imprint, Shogakukan's Gagaga Bunko imprint, and Shueisha's Jump SQ. magazine.

Speakeasy — the author unit made up of Sou Sagara (HENNEKO/The "Hentai" Prince and the Stony Cat.), Koushi Tachibana (Date A Live), and Wataru Watari (My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU) — is in charge of the original concept for the project alongside Marvelous. The three authors are also writing the anime's scripts.

Kenichi Kawamura (Rozen Maiden, SoniAni: Super Sonico the Animation) is directing the anime at A-1 Pictures. Matsuryū (Queen's Blade 2: The Evil Eye, Shōjo-tachi wa Kōya o Mezasu) drew the original character designs, and Hisayuki Tabata (Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, Yuyushiki) is adapting those designs for animation. Taku Iwasaki (Gurren Lagann, Noragami, Soul Eater) is composing the music.

The official website has also revealed a main visual.

The show's official website includes the following English tagline:

In order to protect the country from the [UNKNOWN] emerging from Tokyo Bay Gate, the boys and girls wage battles in the defense cities of Tokyo, Kanagawa and Chiba.

The anime takes place in a world where humans are continuing to fight a war against an enemy called UNKNOWN. UNKNOWN invaded several decades ago, and children entered a cold sleep to escape the invasion. When the children awoke, they found themselves with supernatural powers. The children set up defense cities in Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Chiba in order to protect the country from the UNKNOWN, who appear through the Tokyo Bay Gate.

Inside the world of the multimedia project, Sou Sagara is in charge of the Tokyo story, Koushi Tachibana is in charge of the Kanagawa story, and Wataru Watari is in charge of the Chiba story.

The rest of the project's characters include:



Sōma Saitō as Ichiya Suzaku, the head of Tokyo City. He is cool and has a large amount of pride, and he despises inefficiency. He secretly longs to be a hero. He hates Kasumi. His power is that he can manipulate gravity with a gauntlet.



Yui Ishikawa as Canaria Utara, the subhead of Tokyo City. Her self-professed title is "The Botherer to Suzaku." She is weak, and tries hard at everything she does. Her catchphrase is "When you're in trouble, smile." She activates her power by singing.

(Note: While the English description of Canaria on the website says she's the subhead of Kanagawa City, the Japanese description and the below promotional video's description both state that she's the subhead of Tokyo City.)



Aoi Yūki as Maihime Tenkawa, the head of Kanagawa City. Nickname: Hime. She is the "strongest princess" who has reigned at the top of Kanagawa for a long time. She is idealistic and has a one-track mind, and her blunt behavior makes her stand out. She is proud of her incredible physical strength, and she uses a huge gun to blast away her opponents in one hit.



Ayaka Fukuhara as Hotaru Rindo, the subhead of Kanagawa City. She has a calm and composed disposition, and is only nice to Hime. Her eyes are so uncommonly observant that she can read her opponents' actions. Her other strong point is her observation of Hime. Her weapon is a katana, and her power is that she can make contact through her eyes.

Jump SQ. will launch a manga for the project in 2016. Three novels for the project are already on sale (see gallery below). Authors Sagara and Watari and illustrator Saboten released the Kuzu to Kinka no Qualidea (Qualidea of Scum And A Gold Coin) light novel in the Dash X Bunko imprint last January, author Tachibana and illustrator Kiyotaka Haimura released the first Itsuka Sekai wo Sukuu Tameni -Qualidea Code- (In Order to Save the World One Day -Qualidea Code-) light novel volume in the Fujimi Fantasia Bunko imprint last July, and author Sagara and illustrator Kantoku released the Sonna Sekai wa Kowashite Shimae -Qualidea Code- (Completely Break That World -Qualidea Code-) light novel in the MF Bunko J imprint last October. The second volume of Itsuka Sekai wo Sukuu Tameni -Qualidea Code- shipped on January 20. Additionally, Watari will write a new "Chiba Volume" novel for the Gagaga Bunko imprint.

The multimedia project will have a stage program at this year's Anime Japan 2016 event in March.