Upcoming original TV anime series DARLING in the FRANKXX (ダーリン・イン・ザ・フランキス) aired a new commercial video earlier today (10th August) in Japan. The new teaser gives a brief introduction to the two protagonists.
【新CM解禁！】
オリジナルTVアニメ「ダーリン・イン・ザ・フランキス」の新CMを公開！先日公開したティザービジュアルに登場する2人を紹介する映像です！新規公開となる2人の田中将賀さんによるイラストやセリフの一部も公開！#ダリフラ https://t.co/7U941eel0q pic.twitter.com/n1AD8zUlbG— ダーリン・イン・ザ・フランキス (@DARLI_FRA) August 9, 2017
The male character is named 016 while the female character is named 002.
016
“What am I doing?
Dying can’t change anything.
There is no place I can call home.”
002
“I have always been alone.
Death is nothing to me.
I dont like my taste.”
Gurren Lagann’s character designer Atsushi Nishigori is the director of this series while the former’s director Hiroyuki Imaishi will the supervising the animation. It is currently produced by TRIGGER, a studio consisting of many from the Gurren Lagann’s crew founded by Imaishi, and A-1 Pictures.
Other crew members include deputy director Akai Toshifumi (Gurren Lagann), screenwriter Naotaka Hayashi (Plastic Memories), Masayoshi Tanaka (Your Name) and mechanic designer Shigeto Koyama (Gurren Lagann).
The first teaser was released last month.
“To cater to your taste,
hey, why don’t you ride on me?
The nameless children,
inseparable lovebirds,
the life in a cage,
found you…my darling”
More details including the release date will be revealed later.