Following up on July's MF Bunko Summer School Festival 2014, the cast and staff of 8 Bit (Encouragement of Climb) upcoming TV anime adaptation of Takumi Hiiragiboshi's Abosulte Zero light novel series have been listed. Episode director Atsushi Nakayama steps up to helm the project written by Takamitsu Kouno (We Without Wings).

Keiichi Sano (Heaven's Memo Pad) provides the character design and works with Norie Tanaka (M3) as chief animation director.

Cast includes

Toru Kokonoe: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Julie Sigtuna: Nozomi Yamamoto

TomoeTachibana: Ayaka Suwa

Miyabi Hotaka: Ayaka Imamura

Lilith Bristol: Haruka Yamazaki

The series from the publisher of No Game No Life follows a young man whose quest for revenge takes him to a school that teaches the ability to manifest one's soul as a weapon... except his turns out to be a shield. He's then partnered with a silver-haired girl for school battle action.

via otakomu

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