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Frontwing's Grisaia: Phantom Trigger Anime Kickstarter Adds Stretch Goal for English Dub
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dub for the series. The company noted that even if the campaign does not reach this stretch goal before it ends on September 3, the staff believe that the project will hit the goal through BackerKit. The English dub is planned for release on the campaign's Blu-ray Disc releases, which the company also confirmed will be region-free.
As of press time, the campaign has raised US$78,266 of its initial US$100,000 goal. The Kickstarter campaign launched for pre-ordering Blu-ray Disc releases of the anime on July 6. If the campaign is successful, Blu-ray Discs are slated to ship by this December. Each episode will be 60 minutes long and adapt one volume of the original visual novel.
The anime's first two episodes are slated to debut simultaneously this year.
Frontwing announced at release the anime in English. The anime will be available on streaming platforms, but Frontwing has not yet determined the platforms.
The anime's cast includes:
- Maaya Uchida as Rena
- Ayane Sakura as Tohka
- Kaori Nazuka as Chris
- Atsumi Tanezaki as Murasaki
- Yoshino Nanjō as Maki
- Mikako Izawa as Shiori Arisaka
The cast are reprising their roles from the game.
Anime director Tensho production committee.
Elements Garden) returned to compose the songs.
Tensho's previous directorial credits include Motoki Tanaka.
Frontwing released the first two volumes of the game both in Japanese and with English text for PC in April 2017. "Volume 5" of the game will launch in Japan on July 27, and it is slated to launch in English this summer.
Video game and visual novel translation company meeting its Kickstarter goal for a Western release of the game trilogy. Frontwing and Sekai Project have also released other two games, The Labyrinth of Grisaia and The Eden of Grisaia, on Steam. Frontwing released the The Fruit of Grisaia bonus episode "The Leisure of Grisaia" on Steam in May 2016.
All three of the main games inspired anime and manga adaptations.
Sources: Press Release, Grisaia: Phantom Trigger anime's Kickstarter page
