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This fall, BlazBlue Alter Memory, an anime adaptation of the popular fighting game BlazBlue, will begin its TV broadcast run. The broadcast will begin on Tokyo MX at 1:00 a.m. on Oct. 8 and will thereafter be broadcast each Tuesday. Following this, the anime will begin on TV Osaka at 2:35 a.m. on Oct. 9 and on TV Aichi at 2:35 a.m. on Oct. 10. Other than these networks, the anime will also be broadcast on BS 4 every Sunday beginning at 12:00 a.m. on Oct. 13.
BlazBlue is a fighting game that was introduced to arcades in Japan in 2008. The game has since become a big hit, and more than 2,000 machines are currently in operation. In 2009, a home console version of the game was released, which too went on to become popular, selling more than 400,000 copies. Furthermore, the promotional radio show for the series titled “BlueRaji” has become a huge hit on Nico Nico Douga, having been viewed more than 20 million times. Now, after five years of waiting, the anime adaptation, BlazBlue Alter Memory, will finally be broadcast.
Fittingly, Toshimichi Mori, the producer of the game series, will be supervising the anime. Directing the anime will be Hideki Tachibana of Dragon Crisis! fame. Also lending his skill to directing the anime is Seiji Mizushima of Fullmetal Alchemist and Mobile Suit Gundam 00 fame. The series composer is Deko Akao, whose past works include Pretty Rhythm: Aurora Dream.
Another point to take note of is that the superb voice cast from the games will be reprising their roles for the anime. The cast includes Tomokazu Sugita as Ragna and Kanako Kondou as Noel, as well as other all-star members including Tetsuya Kakihara, Kana Ueda, Yuichi Nakamura, Chiwa Saitō, Chiaki Takahashi, Kenji Nomura, Asami Imai, Chie Matsūra, and Tomomi Isomura.
The story takes place at the end of the year in December 2199 A.D. During this time, Ragna the Bloodedge, an SS-class criminal who is wanted by the Novus Orbis Librarium and has the largest bounty on his head of any criminal in history, appears in the 13th Hierarchical City of Kaigutsuchi. In response to the huge bounty on his head, many seeking the magic of unrivaled power that he possesses begin to gather in Kaigutsuchi.
Source: animeanime
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