Anime "Chain Chronicle: Hexatus Sen" unveils the poster visual for Chapter 2!　The trailer has also been released!

A poster visual and this trailer video have been released from the anime "Chain Chronicle: Hexatus no Sen - Chapter 2," which will be screened at events starting January 14, 2017.

Chain Chronicle" by SEGA is a smartphone RPG that started distribution on July 26, 2013, and has been downloaded more than 5 million times and is still supported by many users even now that it has reached its third anniversary. The anime adaptation of this work is "Chain Chronicle: HEXETAS no Sen", and prior to the TV anime broadcast in January 2017, the advance screening of all three chapters will be shown at events for three consecutive months. The screening of "Chapter 1" will start on December 3, "Chapter 2" on January 14, 2017, and "Chapter 3" on February 11, 2017.
The director and character design is by Masashi Kudo of "BLEACH" and the animation production is by Telecom Animation Film and Graphinica.
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The poster visual for "Chapter 2" was released in conjunction with the screening of "Chapter 1" on Saturday, December 3. While the hero Yuri (CV: Akira Ishida), the young captain of the volunteer army, and the Black King (CV: Akio Otsuka) face off in a heroic composition, Yuri's eyes also depict the effects of the [darkness] that is taking over, giving a sense of what is to come. The story of the second chapter has also arrived.

The trailer for "Chapter 2" has also been released on the official anime website ( # ), so check it out as well.
Below is the story of the second chapter.

Chapter 2 Story
The light of hope breaks Kizuna.
The Royal Capital has fallen due to the overwhelming invasion of the "Black Army". To counter this threat, the forces from all over the country, led by Yuri, Fina, and other volunteer forces, including the holy princess Yuriana, stand up, but they are defeated by the overwhelming power of the Black King. On the road to retreat, Yuri meets Aram, a boy who can manipulate mana at will. Finding new hope in his appearance, Yuri welcomes him into the volunteer army and organizes a defeat force with the determination to fight the Black King once more, but the wounds he received in battle have turned black and gradually eat away at him. ・・・・・・
In the Holy City, where riots break out frequently after the defeat of the volunteer army, Juliana makes a decision to suppress the unrest of the citizens. Meanwhile, Shuza, the leader of the Nine Fiefdoms who once fought with her, turns his blade against the defeated army to pursue his own high road. As the thoughts and destinies of each of them intersect, Yuri's other self begins to whisper to her in the back of her mind...
Yuri is bound by his destiny because he is a "hero. People from all over the world seek his help and ask him to be "brave," but there is no one to save him... When Yuri is confronted with the fact that he is "nothing more than a fighting vessel" for the world, the wheels of his destiny begin to move in a big way.