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Strike the Blood II Sequel Anime's 1st 3 Minutes & Title Sequence Streamed
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Kishida Kyōdan & The Akeboshi Rockets, who also performed the television anime's opening theme song.
Warner Bros. Japan previously streamed a promotional video for the anime in August.
Most of the cast are returning for the new OVA series, which include Yukiyo Fujii as Kiriha Kisaki. Both are new characters who first appear in the novel series' ninth volume, which the new OVA series will portray.

Much of the staff from the television anime adaptation and the REAL-T as the editing studio. Other staff include:
- Mika Akitaka
- Visual design/mechanical design cooperation: Barn Storm Design Lab
- Art design: Toshinari Tanaka
- Satoshi Yuri
- 3D CGI Production: Wired
- 3D Production Cooperation: IKIF+
- Photography studio: Nexus
Risa Taneda is performing the ending theme song as her character Yukina Himeragi.
Strike the Blood II will have four two-episode volumes, with the first volume slated for DVD and Blu-ray Disc release on Wednesday, November 23. The OVA will start by depicting the story in the ninth light novel volume (cover shown right), and will take place in Blue Elysium, a resort facility near Itogami Island.
The second volume is slated for December 23, the third on March 29, and the fourth on April 26. The first volume's home video release will include the creditless opening and ending sequence, as well as a booklet containing annotations, an original story by Mikumo, and a manga.
The school action fantasy story of Strike the Blood begins with Kojō Akatsuki (voiced by Yoshimasa Hosoya in the earlier television anime), a boy deemed the "fourth progenitor" — the world's most powerful vampire, once thought to only exist in legend and lore. In the Itogamijima special zone for demons, a girl named Yukina Himeragi (Risa Taneda) is entrusted with watching over the vampire and if needed, hunting him down.
The novel series licensed the television anime for North American home video.
Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh magazine since 2012. The manga's ninth compiled book volume shipped on September 27.
Update: Though it was initially announced for December 21, the second volume's release date has been changed to December 23.
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