Cast to host episode 1 screening of game-based anime on December 26

The official website for the television anime of GungHo Online Entertainment and Acquire's smartphone game Divine Gate announced the anime's theme song artists on Wednesday. The group Hitorie (pictured above) is contributing the opening theme song "One Meets High," while the group vistlip (Samurai Jam -Bakumatsu Rock-, Yona of the Dawn, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, pictured below) is contributing the ending theme song "Contrust."

The cast will host a preview screening of the first episode at Toho Cinemas Shinjuku in Tokyo on December 26. In addition, the Marvelous company's booth will sell goods and hand out free shopper bags at Comic Markt 89 from December 29 to December 31.

The original Divine Gate game is available for free download on iOS and Android. In the "panel RPG," players explore dungeons, solving puzzles to uncover panels and reveal treasure or monsters. The game has included more than 1,000 unique characters, including Steins;Gate characters as guest bosses.

The cast includes:

Tetsuya Kakihara as Akane, the boy who lights flames



Sōma Saito as Aoto, the boy who controls water



Kanae Ito as Midori, the girl who tames wind



Ayana Taketatsu as Hikari, the girl who carries light



Sora Amamiya as Yukari, the girl who carries darkness



Hiroyuki Yoshino as Ginji, the boy who loves nothingness



Yūichi Nakamura as Arthur, the leader of "Kinghts of round"



Ami Koshimizu as Ifrit



Mai Fuchigami as Undine



Kana Asumi as Sylph



Yuri Yoshida as Metabon



Kousuke Toriumi as Lancelot



Akira Ishida as Oz



Koji Yusa as Loki



Noriyuki Abe (The Heroic Legend of Arslan, Bleach , GTO) is directing the anime at Studio Pierrot, and Natsuko Takahashi (My Love Story!!, Moyashimon, Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan) is in charge of series composition. Ichiro Uno (The World is Still Beautiful) is designing the characters, and Takumi Ozawa (Aria the Scarlet Ammo, Okamikakushi - Masque of the Wolf) is composing the music.

The anime will premiere in January.

Source: MoCa