Trident performs opening theme for January film starring returning cast from TV series

Flying Dog began streaming a new teaser trailer for the upcoming Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova DC film on Thursday. The video features the song, “Rock on.” by nano., which will serve as the film's main theme song.

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In addition, Trident will perform the opening theme to the film, “Blue Snow.”

The video confirms that the cast from the television series will be returning:

Kazuyuki Okitsu as Gunzō Chihaya

Mai Fuchigami as Iona

Manami Numakura as Takao

Hibiku Yamamura as Haruna

Yukana as Kongō

MAKO as Maya

Saki Fujita as Hyuga

Yumi Uchiyama as Kirishima

Rina Hidaka as I-400

Nozomi Yamamoto as I-402

Shinobu Matsumoto as Sō Oribe

Eiji Miyashita as Kyohei Kashihara

Minami Tsuda as Iori Watanuki

Nao Toyama as Shizuka Hozumi

The video also lists additional staff:

Science-Fiction Advising: Shigeru Morita (Studio Nurie)

Assistant Director: Kodai Kakimoto

3D Animation Director: Kojiro Nakamura, Chabo Higurashi

Character Design: Kazuaki Morita

Mecha Design: Takehiko Matsumoto

Art Director: Ayumu Miyakoshi

Color Key: Sakiko Ito

Director of Photography: Daisuke Okumura

Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose (eDITz)

Sound Director: Satoki Iida

Sound Effects: Iki Okuda

Theme Song Composition, Arrangement: WEST GROUND (“Rock on.”)

Theme Song Composition, Lyrics, Arrangement: Heart's Cry (“Blue Snow”)

Production: Arpeggio Partners

Distribution: Showgate



The website also unveiled a new key visual:



The series of film projects will reunite the staff from last fall's television anime series. Seiji Kishi will be directing at SANZIGEN Animation Studio, and Makoto Uezu will be in charge of the scripts. Masato Kōda is once again composing the music.

The film will premiere in Japanese theaters on January 15, 2015

In Ark Performance's original science-fiction naval manga, humanity lost much of its developed land due to global warming in the first half of the 21st century. Then, a "Fleet of Fog" loaded with super weapons suddenly appears all over the world. Without the ability to withstand this fleet, humanity was defeated and could no longer travel the seas. 17 years after the devastating naval war, Gunzō Chihaya and his crewmates somehow commandeer a "Fleet of Fog" submarine named I-401 . Together with Iona ( I-401's "mental model" or incarnation in humanoid form), they take on the "Fleet of Fog."

The television anime reaired this year with 12 new "Kiri-Kumas" (literally, "Fog-Bears") shorts by same main staff who worked on both the television anime and the upcoming movies.