Yostar began streaming a new teaser video for Arknights: Prelude to Dawn, the anime adaptation of the hit mobile game Arknights.
The teaser PV highlights the series’ key fighter, Amiya who declares, “Silent we shall be, should conflict be avoidable, but fight tooth and nail, should it be necessary! We’re Rhodes Island, and that’s our creed!” The release date of the anime is yet to be revealed.
▍Arknights: Prelude to Dawn Anime Story
Arknights is set in a ruined world. Upon the discovery of a mysterious mineral known as “Originium”, mankind made giant leaps in technologies, but it also brought a deadly virus. People infected by Source are known as “infected”, infected victims will slowly petrify from within their bodies. With no cure, the only thing those that are not infected can do is quarantine the infected.
The quarantine policy led the infected unifying to rebel against the government, destroying cities and putting them on an irreversible path. Under the disguise of offering Infected medical care, a company known as Rhodes Islands has been secretly researching and experimenting on Originium to create new weapons for the war.
▍Arknights: Prelude to Dawn Anime Staff & Production
Original Works: Hypergryph / Studio Montagne
Director: Yuki Watanabe
Assistant Director: Masataka Nishikawa
Character Design: Aya Takefuji
Animation: Yostar Pictures
