2019 Spring Anime "YU-NO: The Girl Who Sings Love at the End of the World" Main Visual Revealed! OP by Asaki Hana and ED by Suzuki Konomi!

The main visual for the TV anime "YU-NO," which will begin airing in April 2019, has been revealed, along with information on the opening/ending theme.

YU-NO" is one of the representative works of the late Hiroyuki Kanno, a game designer and scenario writer who created many hit titles such as the "Mysterito" series, and is an adventure game in which players travel through parallel worlds that are said to exist in infinite numbers.

Since the original PC game (MS-DOS) was released in 1996, it has been ported to Sega Turn and Windows due to its strong popularity. Since that time, the game has also been published as a novelization, a comic book, and an OVA. In 2017, MAGES. released a remake version (Play Station 4/Vita) with a new character design and cast. Furthermore, at AnimeJapan 2018 in March 2018, it was announced that the remake would also be released for Nintendo Switch and Steam.

The TV anime will be based on this remake and will be broadcast over a two-cour period.
The staff will be directed by Tetsuo Hirakawa, director of "The Book of Magic: Starting from Zero," who will also write the series composition and script, with character design by Mai Otsuka of the "Carefree" and "Shakugan no Shana" series. Animation production will be handled by feel. of "ISLAND" and "Hina Matsuri" fame. The same cast members as in the game, including Isamu Hayashi, Rie Kugimiya, and Mare Uchida, will continue to play the roles.

A key visual featuring the main character Takuya Arima, played by Isamu Hayashi, and the other major characters surrounding him has been released. The illustration depicts a number of characters involved in this world against a background inspired by a parallel world. The illustration conveys the strong determination of the main character, who holds a treasure ball, an important item that appears in the story.

Also, comments from Tetsuo Hirakawa, the director of the film, and Makoto Asada, the producer of the remake, expressing their passion for the film, have arrived.

Staff Comments

Director Tetsuo Hirakawa
I think that many cult-like popular works are made possible by the fact that the recipient side complements the incomplete parts of the work itself. The same is true of "YU-NO. I think there were many such works around 1995. Some of the best examples are "Neon Genesis Evangelion," "Princess Mononoke," and "Little Buddha," which also had a great influence on "YU-NO.
The creation of the scenario was a difficult task, as it was to be made into an anime. Unlike games, anime can only depict one storyline. The most difficult part of the story was to give coherence and motivation to the main character Takuya's actions. However, we managed to make it look satisfactory with ideas from the scriptwriters of each episode.

■Game Producer Makoto Asada
I think the most unique aspect of this game, which is called a legendary game, is the auto branching mapping system abbreviated as "A.D.M.S. (Adams)". The most appealing feature of A.D.M.S. is that you can use it to visually check the branching points of scenarios and further explore the branching worlds in the story of the parallel worlds. In the anime adaptation, I am satisfied that we were able to develop other media besides the game as originally planned in order to express all routes in the parallel worlds. On the other hand, I was frustrated with the scenes that could not be reproduced in terms of theoretical expression.

The opening and ending theme songs for the game will be sung by Asaki Hana, who also sings the theme song for the game and the opening theme song for the TV anime "Yuru Can△," and the ending theme song will be sung by Suzuki Konomi, an anime song singer who has sung the theme songs for numerous anime productions.

Opening theme "The Girl Who Sings Love at the End of the World

Song: Hana Asaki
Lyrics and music by Chiyomaru Shikura
Arrangement: Shinichi Yuuki
Release date: April 24, 2019
Released by: 5 pb.
Distributor: MAGES.

First enclosed bonus: Original live photo of Asakana (with print autograph)
(Printed and signed by the artist)
*One of a total of five types will be enclosed at random.
<DVD included disc> (CD + DVD)
Randomly enclosed in the first production limited edition: CD with Asaki's autograph (signed by Asaki herself on the disc).
Part number: USSW-0168 / Price: ¥1,900 (excluding tax)
CD
(1) "The Girl Who Sings Love to the Ends of the World" (OP of the TV anime "The Girl Who Sings Love to the Ends of the World YU-NO")
Title undecided
Title undecided -off vocal- (4) Title undecided -off vocal
Title undecided -off vocal- (④ Title undecided -off vocal-)
5) Live soundtracks (songs to be recorded are undecided)
DVD
The Girl Who Sings Love to the Ends of the Earth" Music Video / "The Girl Who Sings Love to the Ends of the Earth" Making of "The Girl Who Sings Love to the Ends of the Earth

＜YU-NO disc (CD)
Newly-drawn TV anime jacket
Part number: USSW-0169 / Price: ¥1,500 (excluding tax)
①"The girl who sings love at the end of the world" (OP of TV anime "The girl who sings love at the end of the world YU-NO")
Title undecided
Title undecided -off vocal- (4) Title undecided -off vocal
Title undecided -off vocal- (4)
⑤Mini-drama by voice actors of TV anime

Ending theme "Truth no Kagami, Ken no Yoni" (Mirror of Truth, Like a Sword)

Song: Konomi Suzuki
Lyrics/Composition: Chiyomaru Shikura
Arrangement: Yusuke Shirato
Release date: May 8, 2019
Released by: 5pb.
Distributed by: MAGES.

<Artist Edition> (CD+DVD) *Photographed by the artist himself
Item number: USSW-0166 / Price: ¥1,800 (excluding tax)

CD includes
M1. mirror of truth, like a sword
Curiosity (Live Style)
M3. mirror of truth, like a sword -off vocal- (Live Style)
M4. Curiosity （Live Style） -off vocal-

DVD includes
Including music video and making-of video

＜(CD) *Newly designed TV anime jacket
Part Number: USSW-0167 / Price: ³,300 (tax not included)

CD Contents
M1. mirror of truth, like a sword
M2. Curiosity
M3. mirror of truth, like a sword -off vocal- M4.
M4. Curiosity -off vocal-

Work Information] (*Honorifics are omitted.)
TV anime "The girl who sings love at the end of the world YU-NO
Anime broadcast will begin in April 2019.

＜Story.
The main character, Takuya Arima, lost her mother in her childhood and her father, a historian, in an accident two months ago. During the last summer vacation of his high school life, he has lost all vitality. One day, a package arrives with a round mirror of unknown purpose and a strange object with a glass ball stuck in it. The letter that came with the package makes her father seem to be alive...?
Take this object to Cape Ken-no-misaki (Mt. Triangle) tonight at 10:00 p.m."
When I followed the instructions and went to the place, I found a mysterious woman lying on the ground. There was also the school principal and a mysterious transfer student. At that moment, the earth rumbles and a light envelops us....
The journey through parallel worlds begins now!

<Staff> Original story by Hiroyuki Kanno
Original Story: Hiroyuki Kanno / MAGES.
Director：Tetsuo Hirakawa
Character Design : Mai Otsuka
Art Background : TOTONYAN
Sound Director：Kazuya Tanaka
Music: Keishi Yonao / Ryu Takami / Evan Cole / Ryu Kawamura
OP/ED Lyrics, Composition: Chiyomaru Shikura
Animation Production: feel.
Produced by GENCO

<Cast
Takuya Arima: Isamu Hayashi
Yuno: OZAWA Arie
Hatano Kanna: Uchida Marei
Mizuki Ichijo: Saori Onishi
Shimazu Mio: Rie Kugimiya
Eriko Takeda: Yu Kobayashi
Kaori Asakura: Reina Maeda
Ayumi Arima: Kaori Nazuka
Ryuzoji Kozo: Kusunoki Daisuke
Masakatsu Yuki: Yuki Fujiwara
Hideo Toyotomi: Takuya Eguchi

(C)MAGES./PROJECT YU-NO