The 86 (Eighty Six) stage at the Light Novel Expo event unveiled supporting cast, staff, a second promo and key visual (pictured) for the anime series on Saturday. The television anime adapting Asato Asato's sci-fi action light novel will begin airing on April 11 at 12:00 a.m. on Tokyo MX, Tochigi TV, Gunma TV, and BS11, followed by CTV and Yomiuri TV. AbemaTV will also stream the anime.

Cast
Raiden Shuga: Seiichirou Yamashita (Orange)
Theoto Rikka: Natsumi Fujiwara (Great Pretender)
Anju Emma: Saori Hayami (Darling in the FranXX)
Kurena Kukumila: Sayumi Suzushiro (Kouya no Kotobuki Hikoutai)
Kaie Tanya: Haruka Shiraishi (Golden Kamuy)
Daiya Irma: Haruki Ishiya (Tsuujou Kougeki ga Zentai Kougeki de Ni-kai Kougeki no Okaasan wa Suki Desu ka?)
Hart Keets: Daiki Yamashita (No Guns Life)
Cujo Nico: Taishi Murata (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans)
Louis Kino: Shinei Ueki (Yakusoku no Neverland)
Chise Authen: Masamu Ono (World Trigger 2nd Season)
Thoma Sauvy: Katsumi Fukuhara (Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni.)
Touzan Sasha: Taito Ban (Deca-Dence)
Lecca Lin: Shizuka Ishigami (Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry)
Mikuri Kairou: Yuka Nukui (Back Street Girls: Gokudolls)
Maina Yatomika: Mayuko Kazama (Choujin Koukousei-tachi wa Isekai demo Yoyuu de Ikinuku you desu!)
Henrietta Penrose: Riho Sugiyama (Nami yo Kiitekure)
Jérôme Karlstahl: Satoshi Mikami (Double Decker! Doug & Kirill)
Lev Aldrecht: Taiten Kusunoki (Enen no Shouboutai)

J-rock band hitorie (Divine Gate) is performing the opening theme "3-bun 29-byou" (3 minutes 29 seconds). SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:mizuki (Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu: Die Neue These - Kaikou) is performing the ending theme "Avid."

Staff
Art Director: Masanobu Nomura (Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na!), Yumi Horikoshi (Akame ga Kill! background art)
Background Art: Bihou (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex)
Color Design: Nagisa Abe (Shinsekai yori)
CG Director: Hiroyuki Yoshida (22/7)
Director of Photography: Masaharu Okazaki (Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri)
Editing: Akinori Mishima (Seishun Buta Yarou wa Bunny Girl Senpai no Yume wo Minai)
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa (Mushoku Tensei: Isekai Ittara Honki Dasu)

Toshimasa Ishii (Fate/Grand Order: Zettai Majuu Sensen Babylonia episode director) is helming the anime at A-1 Pictures. Toshiya Oono (Yakusoku no Neverland) is handling the series composition, and Tetsuya Kawakami (Gakusen Toshi Asterisk) is serving as both the character designer and chief animation director. Kohta Yamamoto (Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season) and Hiroyuki Sawano (Aldnoah.Zero) are composing the music. Shirogumi (Etotama) is in charge of the CG production.

Dengeki Bunko began printing the military-themed novel series in February 2017. The beginning section of each volume and side stories are serialized in Dengeki Bunko Magazine. The imprint also publishes the side stories on the Kakuyomu website. Shirabi (Musaigen no Phantom World, Ryuuou no Oshigoto!) is drawing the illustrations, with I-IV (Aldnoah.Zero, Re:Creators) credited for mechanical design. Kadokawa published the ninth volume on February 10. The light novel series has a cumulative 1 million copies in circulation.

Motoki Yoshihara began serializing a manga adaptation in Young Gangan in February 2018. Square Enix published the second compiled volume in September 2019. Suzume Somemiya launched a spin-off manga adaptation titled 86: Operation High School in Monthly Comic Alive magazine. The first volume shipped on January 21.

Yen Press licensed the light novel in English in July 2018 and published the sixth volume on November 17 last year. The seventh volume is scheduled for a March 30 release.

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Source: PR Times