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Crunchyroll to Stream Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation

InTheSky January 8, 2016 Leave a reply

Crunchyroll has recently announced that it will be streaming Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation for those who have a Crunchyroll membership. Episodes of the anime will broadcast every Friday at 10 P.M. PST, starting tomorrow. Members in the following territories will be able to view the anime (courtesy of the above-cited Crunchyroll article:)

USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, Finland, Latin America, Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa

Not too long ago, it was announced that Sentai Filmworks had licensed Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation and already have release plans of their own. Not a bad showing as far as anime companies go with regards to supporting the animated Phantasy Star Online 2 project, considering the game itself hasn’t been localized. However, there are many who probably already know of Phantasy Star Online 2 in spite of it not being localized, and even those who aren’t already familiar with Phantasy Star may find the characters, futurism, and school setting appealing.

Credit for the featured image goes to the above-cited Crunchyroll article.

Sentai Filmworks Licenses “Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation”

Draikin December 29, 2015 1 Reply

Sentai Filmworks have announced that they have acquired the licensing rights for Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation. The anime is scheduled for a January 2016 broadcast in Japan, and will be part of Sentai Filmworks’ winter 2016 anime season lineup. They plan both a digital and home video release.

Meanwhile, it’s not clear if the PC version for Phantasy Star Online 2 will ever be released in the West. Initially planned for 2013, it’s becoming more and more doubtful if SEGA will ever release the game. We asked SEGA for more information earlier this year, you can read their response here.

Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation – 2nd PV, OP Theme is Previewed

InTheSky November 26, 2015 Leave a reply

A second PV for Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation has been released by the anime’s production team. The first episode will be screened at Tokyo on December 29, and the episode’s public air date is set for February 7.

On a separate but related note: Sympathy 2015, a concert event celebrating 15 years of Phantasy Star Online, also recently passed, and Shouta Aoi (voice of Itsuki Tachibana, a protagonist character in the anime) was on hand to debut the OP for the anime at Sympathy 2015. The song is called “絶世スターゲイト” (Zessei Stargate, or Unrivaled Stargate) and the CD for it will go on sale on February 3.

Continue reading to check out the song preview and some clips from the anime! I like Shouta Aoi’s voice.

By the way, if you didn’t already know, there’s a Japanese PSO2 the Animation Twitter account. Sega’s official PSO2 the Animation website is here.

Phantasy Star Online 2 The Animation Second Promotional Video

InTheSky September 20, 2015 Leave a reply

Sega’s stream of Tokyo Game Show 2015 had a timeslot dedicated to an extended preview of Phantasy Star Online 2 The Animation. The cast of characters were all available for viewing.

The trailer that briefly overviews the setting and the characters can be seen below!

The cast and character voices are as follows (in order of appearance, character name first and seiyuu name second):

Itsuki Tachibana: Shouta Aoi (who will also be performing the show’s theme song, per the Crunchyroll article sourced at this writeup’s end)
Rina Izumi: Ayaka Suwa
Aika Suzuki: MAO
SORO: Tesshou Genda
Kota Kayano: Nobunaga Shimazaki
Mika Konoe: Rie Murakawa

(the names below refer to the 7th image in the gallery)

Masaya Kudo: Takuya Satou
Yutaka Sasaki: Aki Kanada
Seiya Urisaka: Shun Horie
Mayu Urisaka: Minami Kabayama

Check out the trailer after the break!

Sega Reveals First Trailer for Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation

Draikin August 16, 2015 Leave a reply

Sega has streamed the first trailer for the upcoming anime Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation, giving us a closer look at the setting and the three main characters. The trailer suggests that the anime isn’t actually set in the Phantasy Star Online 2 universe. Instead, it appears to be using a typical high-school setting, and Phantasy Star Online 2 is an MMO which the characters are playing (much like in the anime Sword Art Online).

Below you can find screenshots from the trailer showing the three main characters, and also the trailer itself. The anime is set to air in Japan in 2016.