takt op. Destiny

Synopsis

Music is the light that illuminates the human heart. But suddenly, that light is stolen from the world. On the night that a black meteorite fell from the sky, the world changed. Deformed monsters called D2 created from the meteorite begin to overrun the land and people. Attracted to the melodies people play, soon the D2 make music itself forbidden. However, there are still those who resist. They are the Musicarts, girls who use music as their power and who carry in them the scores of the greatest operas and compositions in human history, which they use to defeat the D2. Then there are the Conductors, those who guide them.

In the year 2047, America has been devastated by the war against the D2. Conductor Takt, together with his Musicart Destiny, travels to New York City. In a world where music is lost, Takt craves its return and Destiny wishes to annihilate the D2. Will the melody created by these two be one of joy or despair?

Background

takt op. (pronounced "takt opus") is a mixed-media project being produced by Bandai Namco Arts and DeNA. The project will include both a mobile game and TV anime.

The mobile game, titled takt op. Unmei wa Akaki Senritsu no Machi o, is an RPG being developed by Game Studio for Android and iOS. The game will be released sometime in 2021.

The TV anime adaptation, titled takt op. Destiny, is being jointly produced by studios MAPPA (Attack on Titan The Final Season Part 2, Granblue Fantasy the Animation, Jujutsu Kaisen) and Madhouse (Black Lagoon, Cardcaptor Sakura, High School of the Dead). It features Yuuki Itoh (Granblue Fantasy the Animation, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid, Vividred Operation) as director with Kiyoko Yoshimura (Cardfight!! Vanguard G, A Good Librarian Like a Good Shepherd, Linebarrels of Iron) handling series composition, Reiko Nagasawa (Carole & Tuesday, Mob Psycho 100 II, Overlord III) adapting LAM’s original character designs for animation, and Yoshihiro Ike (Kuroko's Basketball, Rage of Bahamut: Genesis, Tiger & Bunny) composing the music. The anime’s opening theme song is "Takt" sung by Mafumafu and Gaku, which was written, composed, and arranged by artist Ryo (supercell), and the ending theme song is "Symphonia" sung by Mika Nakashima. The anime will premiere in Japan on Oct. 5, 2021 on TV Tokyo and its affiliates and BS TV Tokyo. An advance screening of the first two episodes took place on Sep. 26 at Tokyo's Shinjuku Piccadilly theater and featured three members of the cast.

Characters

Takt Asahina (Voiced by: Kouki Uchiyama)
A Conductor who has been sleeping in the depths of the Berlin Symphonica and who makes a contract with the Musicart, Destiny.

Destiny (Voiced by: Shion Wakayama)
A Musicart who holds the score for Beethoven's "Symphony No. 5 in C Minor Op.67."

Anna Schneider (Voiced by: Kaede Hondo)
Takt’s childhood friend and Destiny’s “big sis.” She has a cheerful and caring personality.

Titan (Voiced by: Miku Ito)
A Musicart who holds the score for Gustav Mahler’s "Symphony No. 1 in D Major."

Lenny (Voiced by: Satoshi Hino)
A Conductor belonging to the New York Symphonica. He is a good-hearted person who treats everyone equally.

Heaven (Voiced by: Inori Minase)
A Musicart belonging to the New York Symphonica. Though she has beautiful looks, she doesn’t say much except what is necessary.

Hell (Voiced by: Reina Ueda)
A Musicart belonging to the New York Symphonica who works with Shindler. She has sadistic tastes and enjoys others’ suffering.

Shindler (Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa)
A Conductor and the head of the New York Symphonica. He leads the organization as Sagan’s right-hand man.

Sagan (Voiced by: Eiji Hanawa)
The chief executive and grand maestro of the New York Symphonica, the strategic base against the D2.

Kirakira-boshi (Voiced by: Maria Sashida)

Mokusei (Voiced by: Natsu Yorita)

Walküre (Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka)

Carmen (Voiced by: Yumiri Hanamori)

Music

• Opening Theme Song: "Takt" by Mafumafu and Gaku
• Ending Theme Song: "Symphonia" by Mika Nakashima

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• Original Work: DeNA, Ouji Hiroi
• Original Character Design: LAM
• Director: Yuuki Itoh
• Series Composition: Kiyoko Yoshimura
• Character Design: Reiko Nagasawa
• Chief Animation Director: Reiko Nagasawa, Toshiyuki Kanno
• Action Director: Toru Iwasawa
• D2 Design: Daiki Harashina
• Weapon Design: Takeshi Maenami
• Art Supervisor: Junichi Higashi
• Art Director: e-caesar
• Color Design: Ayako Suenaga
• 3DCG Modeling Director: Masahiro Tamai
• 3DCG Animation Director: Hideki Ono
• Director of Photography: Akane Fushihara
• Editing: Kashiko Kimura
• Sound Director: Fumiyuki Go
• Music: Yoshihiro Ike
• Animation Production: MAPPA, Madhouse