Darling in the Frankis" will start airing on January 13, 2018! The second anime PV with new footage and additional cast members are also unveiled.

The broadcast date of the TV anime "Darling in the Frankis" has been set for January 13, 2018 (Saturday)!　In addition, the second PV and additional cast information have been released.

Darling in the Frankis" will be produced by TRIGGER, an animation studio that produces popular works such as "Kill la Kill" and "Little Witch Academia," and A-1 Pictures, which produces "THE iDOLM@STER" and "Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. and "Anohi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai".

The director is Atsushi Nishikori, who worked on "THE iDOLM@STER" and "GURREN LAGANN," and the character design and chief animation director is Atsushi Nishikori, who worked on "YOUR NAME. The character design and chief animation director is Masaga Tanaka of "Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai. The action will be supervised by Hiroyuki Imaishi of "Kill la Kill" and "Gurren Lagann" fame.
⇒ The original anime "Darling in the Frankis" by TRIGGER and A-1Pictures has started! Directed by Atsushi Nishikori of "Gurren Lagann".

The broadcast date and time have been set, and it will begin on January 13, 2018 (Sat) on TOKYO MX, TOCHIGI TV, Gunma TV, BS11, ABC Asahi Broadcasting, Me-Television, and other stations.

In addition to Hiro, Zero Two, and other "kodomo" (children), newly revealed characters Nana, Hachi, and Dr. Franks also appear in the second PV. The cast of the new characters has also been announced, with Marina Inoue as Nana, Katsuyuki Konishi as Hachi, and Keno Horiuchi as Dr. Franks.

The broadcast date and time have finally been set. A special program will be broadcast the week before the broadcast, so be sure not to miss it!

Production Information] (*titles omitted)
TV animation "Darling in the Frankis

＜Broadcast information
TOKYO MX: Every Saturday from January 13th at 23:30~ (Special pre-program broadcast from 23:30 on January 6th (Sat.))
TOCHIGI TV: From January 13, every Saturday at 23:30~ (Special pre-broadcasting program from 23:30 on January 6 (Sat.))
Gunma TV: From 23:30 every Saturday from January 13th (Special advance broadcast from 23:30 on January 6th (Sat.))
BS11: From January 13, every Saturday at 23:30 (Special advance broadcast from 23:30 on January 6 (Sat.))
ABC Asahi Broadcasting Corporation: From January 13, every Saturday at 26:29~ (Special advance broadcast from 26:29 on January 6 (Sat.))
Me-Tele: From January 13, every Saturday at 26:39~ (January 6 (Sat.) 26:39- Advance special program will be aired)
Hiroshima Home Television: Thursdays from January 18 from 27:00~ (Special advance broadcast from 27:00 on January 11 (Thu.))
BSS San'in Broadcasting System: From January 19, every Friday from 26:18 (January 12 (Fri.) 26:18- Advance special program broadcast)
BBC Biwako Broadcasting System: From January 22, every Monday from 26:45 (January 15 (Mon.) 26:45- Advance special program broadcast)

The broadcast start date and time are subject to change for programming reasons. Please be forewarned that the start date and time of the broadcast may be subject to change due to programming reasons.

<Story
They dream.
They dream of flying into the sky someday.
Even though they know how far away the sky blocked by the glass is.
In the distant future.
Humanity has built a mobile fortress city called "Plantation" on a devastated land and is enjoying civilization.
Within the plantation, a pilot residential facility called "Mistletine," or "Birdcage," is built.
The children live there.
They do not know the outside world.
They do not know the free sky.
The only mission they are taught is to fight.
The enemy is the "Shouting Dragon," a giant life form that is shrouded in mystery.
In order to confront this unseen enemy, the children drive a robot called "Franks".
They believe that by riding the robot, they can prove their existence.
There once was a boy who was called a child prodigy.
His code number is 016, and his name is Hiro.
But now he is a dropout.
He is not needed.
If he couldn't ride Franks, he was as good as gone.
One day, a mysterious girl called Zero Two appears in front of Hiro.
From her forehead, two glossy horns sprouted.

I found you, my darling.

＜Staff Information
Original Story: Code:000
Director : Atsushi Nishikori
Assistant Director : Toshifumi Akai
Series Composition: Atsushi Nishikiori / Naotaka Hayashi (MAGES.)
Character Design/ Chief Animation Director: Masaga Tanaka
Mechanical Design: Shigeto Koyama
Action Supervisor: Hiroyuki Imaishi
Mistletine Design: Akiko Nakamura
Screaming Dragon Design: Masahiro Iwasaki
Art Director: Satoru Hirayanagi
Art Director: Satoru Hirayanagi
Color Design: Kazuko Nakajima
3D Director: Shogo Tsurii / Ryuta Undo
3DCG: Studio Color/A-1 Pictures
Monitor Graphics: Kayoko Zama
Director of Photography: Yuya Sakuma
Music: Asami Tachibana
Sound Director: Shoji Hata
Editing: Akinori Mishima
Production: TRIGGER/A-1 Pictures

＜Cast Information
Hiro: Yusho Kamimura
Zero Two: Haruka Tomatsu
Ichigo: Kana Ichinose
Mitsuru: Aoi Ichikawa
Zolome: Mutsuki Tamura
Kokoro: Saori Hayami
Futoshi: Hiroki Goto
Miku: Nanami Yamashita
Goro: Yuichiro Umehara
Ikuno: Shizuka Ishigami
Hachi: Katsuyuki Konishi
Nana: Marina Inoue
Dr. Franks: Keno Horiuchi


(C) Darling in the Franks Production Committee