2019 Spring Anime "Annihilation City" Announces Mao Abe as OP Artist! OP video also released!

Singer-songwriter Mao Abe has been chosen as the OP artist for the TV anime "Annihilation City," which will air from April 2019.

The game is a smartphone RPG by Wright Flyer Studios, released in May 2014 with more than 9 million downloads worldwide, and has gained popularity for its drama set in modern Japan, easy-to-use and exhilarating action, and starring such splendid voice actors as Tomokazu Sugita and Kana Hanazawa. The game has gained popularity as a game starring such splendid voice actors as Tomokazu Sugita and Kana Hanazawa.
The anime staff includes Shigeyuki Miya, director of "Onihei" and "Bokuraha wa Minna Kawai-so", and Shingo Irie of "Kuroko no Basketball" series and "Sakura Quest" fame, who wrote the script. Character design is by Tomoyuki Shimotani of "Shokugeki no Soma" series and "Sakuradaset. Music is by Kenji Kawai, creator of "Ghost in the Shell," "Fate/stay night," "Mobile Suit Gundam OO," and many other works. Animation production will be handled by Madhouse.
⇒The popular smartphone RPG "Annihilation City" will be adapted into a TV anime! Cast information including Kana Hanazawa, Tomokazu Sugita, and Yuichi Nakamura has been released.
⇒2019 Spring Anime

Mao Abe held her first live concert since the 10th anniversary of her debut at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on March 22. There, she revealed that her new song "Answer" (lyrics and music by Mao Abe, arrangement by akkin) has been chosen as the OP theme song for "Annihilation City". This is Abe's second anime tie-in following "Believe in yourself" from "Baby Steps".
The opening movie of the anime using the theme song "Answer" has already been released, so be sure to check it out along with the song.

Information on the works】 ※Titles omitted
TV anime "Vanishing City
Broadcasting is scheduled to begin in April 2019 on TOKYO MX and other stations.

＜Staff
Original story: "Vanishing City" (WFS)
Director：Shigeyuki Miya
Series composition：Shingo Irie
Character design：Tomoyuki Shimotani
Sound director：Satoru Motoyama
Music: Kenji Kawai
Music Production: Pony Canyon
Animation Production: Madhouse

OP Theme Song "Answer
Song: Mao Abe
Lyrics/Composition: Mao Abe
Arrangement: akkin

ED theme song "With Your Breath
Sung by SPR5 (CV: Yu Shamoto, Emiri Iwai, Himena Naota, Akuri Onishi, Hikari Sonoyama)
Lyrics: Ayaka Ota, Shunryu
Composed by Shunryu
Arrangement: Takashi Yamaguchi

＜Cast
Yuki：Kana Hanazawa
Takuya: Tomokazu Sugita
Akira: Yuichi Nakamura
Souma: Ayaka Asai
Age: Tarusuke Aragaki
Kikyo: Aimi
Geek: Taisuke Nishimura
Yumiko: Mitsuki Nakae
Kota: Makoto Takahashi
Suzuna: Ayane Sakura
Yoshiyuki: Sadaaki Matsuoka
Tsubasa: Nobunaga Shimazaki
Rui: KENN
Sumire: Natsumi Hioka
Ryoko: Tomoyo Kurosawa
Yuji: ?
Keigo: ?
Shunpei: ?
Homura: Yu Shamoto
Nami: Eimiri Iwai
Haruka: Himena Naota
Rena:Akuri Onishi
Yua：Hikari Sonoyama

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