Details to be announced at May 24 event

King Records began streaming a " Fafner EXODUS Continuation Announcement" promotional video on Saturday. The video notes that more details about the continuation will be announced at the "Special Event -Itami-" (Pain) that the staff will host on May 24.

XEBEC zwei had said in 2013 that the sequel will be a 26-episode television series. However, in November 2014 the official website for the series had listed six Blu-ray Disc/DVD volumes with 13 episodes on them. The 13th episode aired on Thursday.

The sequel television anime is set in the year 2151, two and a half years after the film Sōkyū no Fafner: Dead Aggressor: Heaven and Earth . The 10th-anniversary project reunites the main staff from the first Fafner television series, including director Nobuyoshi Habara at XEBEC zwei and Xebec . Tow Ubukata is writing the project, and King Records ' Gou Nakanishi is a producer.

Crunchyroll streamed the sequel series in various countries as it aired in Japan. The sequel series premiered on January 8.

[Via Hachima Kikō]