On Thursday, the official website for Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ohba’s Platinum End television anime unveiled the first trailer. The video reveals that the anime would have uninterrupted 24-episode run on TBS in fall 2021 to adapt the manga’s full plot. The trailer also announced some new additional staff.
Staff
New staff
| Role | Staff |
|---|---|
| Director (1st Series) | Hideya Takahashi |
| Director (2nd Series) | Kazuchika Kise |
| Art Design | Hideyasu Narita |
| Music | Yūsuke Ueno |
| Color Artist | Ayumi Ikeda |
Previously announced
| Role | Staff |
|---|---|
| Characters | Kōji Ōdate |
| Series Composition | Shinichi Inotsume |
| CGI | Masanori Ikeda |
| Art Design | Hideyasu Narita |
| Studio | Signal.MD |
| Sound Director | Takatoshi Hamano |
| Background art | Kusanagi |
| Sound Production | Magic capsule |
Cast
| Char | Staff |
|---|---|
| Mirai Kakehashi | Miyu Irino |
| Nasse | Yui Ogura |
| Revel | Natsuki Hanae |
| Saki Hanakago | M.A.O |
| Nanato Mukaidō | Toshiyuki Morikawa |
| Baret | Ai Kayano |
| Kanade Uryū | Kaito Ishikawa |
| Meyza | Kikuko Inoue |
| Hajime Sokotani | Tomoaki Maeno |
| Balta | Hikaru Midorikawa |
Synopsis
Viz Media describes how the story begins:
As his classmates celebrate their middle school graduation, troubled Mirai is mired in darkness. But his battle is just beginning when he receives some salvation from above in the form of an angel. Now Mirai is pitted against 12 other chosen humans in a battle in which the winner becomes the next god of the world. Mirai has an angel in his corner, but he may need to become a devil to survive.
Manga
Platinum End is written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata (both worked on Death Note, Bakuman). The duo began the Platinum End manga in November 2015 in Shueisha’s Jump SQ. magazine and completed it on January 4, 2021. On February 4, Shueisha released the 14th and final volume. Platinum End is licensed in North America by Viz Media, with chapters distributed online in English as they were published in Japan.
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