The previously announced Engage Kiss original anime has received a Japanese premiere date of July 2. A new trailer was also released, providing a first look at footage from the “unpredictable romantic comedy” as well as a preview of the opening song “Darekare Scramble” by halca.
The anime also received a key visual, as well as the cast announcement of Rumi Ookubo as Sharon Holygrail, an agent from the setting’s greatest exorcist organization.
More staff details were revealed as well, including Tomoya Tanaka (Visual Prison) as director, Shunsaku Yano (Double Cross The Third Edition rulebook co-author) as setting designer, Masaaki Takiyama (Fate/Grand Order Final Singularity – Grand Temple of Time: Solomon co-sub character designer) as animation character designer and chief animation director, and Chiaki Naruzumi (Sword Art Online Alicization War of Underworld Final Season animation director) is the sub character designer and chief animation director.
Other newly revealed Engage Kiss staff include:
- ⋆Ikumi Katagiri (God Eater 2 mangaka) as original demon designer
- ⋆Shinpei Wada (22/7 opening director) as animation demon designer
- ⋆Hirokatsu Maruyama (Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld Final Season co-action director) as action director
- ⋆Ogiso Nobuhisa (Princess Connect! Re:Dive Season 2) as art director
- ⋆Nanako Okazaki (Star Ocean : Anamnesis – The Leash Code opening animation) as color designer
- ⋆Youhei Miyawaki (Visual Prison co-photography director) as photography director
- ⋆Yoshiaki Fujisawa (Goodbye, Don Glees!) as music composer
Additionally, a Square Enix-developed smartphone game, titled Engage Kill, was announced as part of “Project Engage.” Arisa Kouri is playing the game’s protagonist Chloe Tan.
Engage Kiss takes place in Bayron City, a Mega-Float city in the Pacific Ocean that does not fall under the purview of any country. A new energy resource called Orgonium is being mined there, attracting the world’s attention. Furthermore, there are frequent but publicly unknown demon-induced disasters, which are dealt with by private military companies.
The story follows a young man called Shu Ogata (Souma Saitou), the owner of one such PMC, although his company is small and frequently cash-strapped. The other main characters are Kisara (Saya Aizawa), a demon who is contracted to Shu and helps in exterminating other demons, and Ayano Yugiri (Lynn), Shu’s former lover and an employee at a major PMC that Shu used to work at.
The anime’s previously staff includes Fumiaki Maruto (Saekano author) as series composer and scriptwriter with Tsunako (Date A Live illustrator) as original character designer. A-1 Pictures is the animation production company.
Source: Engage Kiss website
