After airing the final episode of the anime adaptation of the visual novels Muv-windward alternative, titled as Muv-Luv-Alternative: The animation, the production of a second season of the project has been announced. The premiere is planned for October 2022 in Japan, specifically in the program block “+ Ultra” from Fuji TV.
The first season aired during the fall 2021 season (October-December) and had a total of twelve episodes while the platform Crispy roll takes care of sales in the west. The adult game developer Age has released the franchise’s first title Muv-windward The game followed in 2003 Muv-windward alternative 2006. The spin-off novel Muv-Luv alternative: total solar eclipse inspired an anime adaptation and later his prequel with the title Black marks it has been adapted to the animation.
Production team
- Yukio Nishimoto (Animal yokocho, ginga tetsudo monogatari, tsukiuta. THE ANIMATION 2) is responsible for directing the anime in the studios Flagship line, In cooperation with Yumeta company Yes Grafinica.
- Tatsuhiko Urahata (Baki, Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri, Kyōkai Senjō no Horizon, Shin Sakura Taisen the Animation) is responsible for writing and monitoring the scripts.
- Takuya-tani (Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san, One Room, Koukaku no Pandora) is responsible for character design.
- Evan call (Black brands, Violet Evergarden) is responsible for composing the soundtrack.
Muv-Luv Alternative Synopsis
The world is embroiled in a desperate three-decade war against the BETA, an alien species that invaded the planet in 1973. In the midst of this chaos, a high school student named Takeru Shirogane suddenly awakens from a terrible nightmare in which he sees that humanity is utterly defeated. Soon after, he realizes that his dream was nothing more than the memories of his life in an alternate universe. It is in these memories that the Alternative V project is launched, which sends hundreds of thousands of people into space as a last resort to save humanity while the remaining billions on earth face a cruel fate.
Longing to change this bleak future, Takeru joins a military base in Yokohama that turns out to be his old high school. There he succeeds in convincing the deputy commander of the base and head of the Alternative IV project, Professor Yuuko Kouzuki, to prevent the production of Alternative IV. To guarantee the success of Alternative IV, Takeru must use the gigantic humanoid Tactical Surface machines Fighters. steer (TSF) with his cadet colleagues. However, he only has two months to complete his training and use his partial knowledge of the future so that the subsequent tragedy does not happen.
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