Active Raid Anime Reveals Theme Song Artists

The performer who will sing the theme song of the upcoming anime Active Raid has been unveiled by the show’s official website. The announcement has been made last Thursday – November 5, 2015. AKINO with bless4 will perform the anime’s opening theme song titled “Golden Life,” while the ending theme song “Tōmei na Yozora” (Clear Night Sky) will be perform by Yuka Aisaka.

Active Raid anime series is handled by Goro Taniguchi who is well-known for directing Code Geass as well as Maria the Virgin Witch. Taniguchi is helming the new original TV anime as the chief director at Production IMS. Meanwhile, producing the 3D CG for the anime is Orange, and directing the anime is Noriaki Akitaya. The scripts are written by Naruhisa Arakawa while dragging the original character designs is the artist and manga creator Shun Saeki, famous for his work “Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma.” Designing the characters for animation is Asako Nishida, and composing the music is Kotaro Nakagawa.

• Read: Active Raid Anime First Promotional Video

The story is set in a part of Tokyo that has descended into a quagmire. It follows the Eighth Unit of the Fifth Special Public Security Section’s Third Mobile Assault Division — popularly called “The Eighth” — who don powered armor “Willware” exoskeletons to counter the rise in crime.

Text: Mobile Assault Division’s Eighth Unit

Text: A.K.A. The Eighth

Text: Ari Ozawa as Asami Kazari

Text: Shizuka Ishigami as Haruka Hoshimiya

Text: Takahiro Sakurai as Sōichirō Sena

Text: Nobunaga Shimazaki as Takeru Kuroki

Text: Chief Director: Goro Taniguchi

Text: Director: Noriaki Akitaya

Text: Original Character Design: Shun Saeki

Text: Animation Character Design: Asako Nishida

Text: Series Script Supervisor: Naruhisa Arakawa

Text: Music: Kotaro Nakagawa

Text: Active Raid: Special Public Security Fifth Division Third Mobile Assault Eighth Unit

Text: Starts airing on Tokyo MX & other channels in January 2016

The upcoming anime will premiere in January of 2016 on Tokyo MX and other TV stations. So, if you’re a fan of mecha genre anime or similar stuffs to Code Geass, it is better to look forward for Active Raid anime series since it seems to be one of the big anime projects worth watching in 2016.