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Dies Irae Anime's 2nd Promo Video Previews Final 6 Episodes
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The official website for the Dies irae anime project began steaming a second promotional video on Friday to preview the anime's last six episodes (episodes 12-17), collectively titled "To the Ring Reincarnation."
The episodes will debut on the AbemaTV streaming service on July 1 at 5:30 p.m. All six episodes will debut simultaneously, alongside the compilation episode "Marie's Memory 'Michi ni Tsūzu Kiseki,'" which originally aired with the television anime's airing last December. The episodes will also stream on the Docomo Anime Store, Amazon Prime Video, and DMM.com services.
Crunchyroll previously announced that it will stream the last six episodes starting in July.
Game developer Light announced the anime with 12 television episodes and six online streamed episodes, for a total of 18 episodes. The original television airing had 11 episodes and the "Marie's Memory" recap episode. Crunchyroll streamed the episodes worldwide outside of Asia. Funimation also streamed an English dub. The anime is based on Light's adult visual novel.
Susumu Kudo (Mardock Scramble films, Coppelion) is directing the anime at ACGT. The game's original scenario writer Takashi Masada is returning to the anime to oversee the scripts. Takaaki Fukuyo (Robotics;Notes, Senki Zesshō Symphogear GX episode animation director) is adapting G-Yūsuke's original character designs for animation. Satoshi Enomoto is the sound director at BraveHearts. Keiji Yonao, the game's original composer, is composing the music for the anime. GENCO is producing the series.
The anime will have three home video volumes. The first two shipped in Japan on December 22 and February 2, while the last volume containing the last six episodes will ship on July 13.
Source: Dies irae anime's official website
