Theme song "Meimoku no Kanata" debuts with July 1 anime; CD slated for August 31

The official website of the new Berserk television anime series announced on Saturday that Nagi Yanagi ( My Teen Romantic Comedy SNAFU TOO! , A Lull in the Sea , Norn9 ) will perform the anime's ending theme song "Meimoku no Kanata" (Beyond Closed Eyes). The single is slated to ship on August 31.

The series will premiere on WOWOW on July 1 at 10:30 p.m. The anime will also air on MBS, TBS, and CBC starting on July 8, and on BS-TBS starting on July 9.

The anime's cast includes:





Hiroaki Iwanaga as Guts Kaoru Mizuhara as Puck

Hiro Shimono as Isidro

Kazuyuki Okitsu as Serpico

Yōko Hikasa as Farnese



The rest of the cast includes:

Hiroki Yasumoto as Azan

Toa Yukinari as Casca

Takahiro Sakurai as Griffith

Akio Ohtsuka as Skull Knight

Unshou Ishizuka as Narrator

The anime adapts Kentarou Miura's dark fantasy manga of the same name. Miura himself is serving as executive supervisor for the series. Shin Itagaki ( Basquash! , Ben-To , Teekyū ) is directing the anime. Makoto Fukami ( Psycho-Pass , Ōsama-tachi no Viking , Yuruyuri San Hai! ) is supervising the series scripts in collaboration with Takashi Yamashita ( Cencoroll ). Hisashi Abe ( Pet Shop of Horrors , Gunslinger Girl , Chobits ) is designing the characters. Shiro Sagisu ( Berserk films, Neon Genesis Evangelion , Megazone 23 ) is composing the music. Liden Films is credited for production, while Gemba and Millepensee are credited for animation production.

Susumu HIrasawa is composing an insert song title "Hai yo" (Oh Ashes), and 9mm Parabellum Bullet will perform the show's opening theme song "Inferno."

Crunchyroll will stream the series as it airs.

[Via Ota-suke]