The key visual and information regarding the staff & cast of the anime adaptation of “86” have been released.

This work is originally a science fiction light novel currently serialized in Dengeki Bunko, which won the “23rd Dengeki Novel Prize” in 2016. Set in the Republic of San Magnolia, which is being invaded by unmanned drones known as the Legion, the story depicts a hard world in which the young men and women called “Eighty-Sixers” keep fighting in this forsaken land.

According to the released information, it was announced that A-1Pictures, the studio responsible for the hit anime series “SWORD ART ONLINE” (a work serialized in Dengeki Bunko), will be in charge of the production.

In addition, the main cast includes Chiba Shouya as the protagonist Shinei Nouzen, and Hasegawa Ikumi as the heroine, Vladilena Milizé.

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