The official website for the upcoming TV anime GUILTY GEAR STRIVE: DUAL RULERS announced today that singer Nowlu sings the ending theme song “Arika” (“Whereabout”).Nowlu is a finalist in THE OVERSEA TREASURE 2021 audition held by Namco Bandai Arts in 2021. She made her major debut from Lantis with “Rasen” (“Spiral”) in June 2022, which was featured as the ending theme of the second cour of the TV anime Requiem of the Rose King. She also provided the ending themes for The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague in 2023 and More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers in 2024.
Message from Nowlu:
I am Nowlu and I am in charge of the ending theme song. A game that has been loved by many people for many years is now going out of its world and being made into an anime. I am very happy to have been given this wonderful opportunity. Writing lyrics from a perspective I have never had before was filled with difficulty and freshness, and the days were full of rolling emotions, but I am certain that the song turned out to be strong and warm. I hope I can add a small star to the story. I believe that this is a work in which we can encounter important things that we should be aware of in our lives. I would be happy if I could enjoy the story together with you. Thank you for your support.
Nowlu artist photo
GUILTY GEAR STRIVE: DUAL RULERS, the first TV anime series inspired by the Guilty Gear fighting video game series, is set to premiere in Japan on April 5, 2025. Crunchyroll will also stream the series to members worldwide excluding Japan, China, and Korea.
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Synopsis, via the official website:
After the decline of the once robust fields of science and technology, a new energy source known as magic fuels the modern era.Humanity creates forbidden biological weapons: Gears.Those Gears eventually stand against humanity in a rebellion.Although they manage to overcome in the struggle for survival known as the Crusades,
humanity’s losses are so great that even after several decades pass, their emotional wounds remain unable to fully heal.Sin Kiske, the child of a human and a Gear, heads to his father Ky and mother Dizzy’s wedding ceremony. Their wedding breaks the ultimate taboo: a union between a human and a Gear. Even with the world at peace, it took many years for such a ceremony to come to fruition.Despite the complex array of emotions surrounding it, the wedding ceremony is met with blessings. When suddenly, a mysterious girl appears…The fated child inheriting Gear blood–and the mysterious girl who despises Gears. Their meeting would shake the world.
Shigeru Morikawa (Chrono Crusade) is slated to direct the GUILTY GEAR STRIVE: DUAL RULERS anime alongside Shinpei Ishikawa and Hiroshi Morita as Assistant Directors, with Norimitsu Kaiho handling scripts, Ryo Takahashi on music and Seiji Mizushima as an Associate Producer with SANZIGEN handling the animation production. The four-member rock band ulma sound junction provides the opening theme song “AXCLUSION.”
The cast includes:
Sin Kiske voiced by Issei MIyazaki
Sol Badguy voiced by Joji Nakata
Unika voiced by Yui Ishikawa
Ky Kiske voiced by Takeshi Kusao
Dizzy voiced by Kazue Fujita
Bridget voiced by Manaka Iwami
Ramlethal Valentine voiced by Megumi Han
Elphelt Valentine voiced by Aya Suzaki
Jack-O voiced by Hiromi Igarashi
Baiken voiced by Mayumi Asano
Johnny voiced by Norio Wakamoto
Leo Whitefang voiced by Tetsu Inada
Vernon voiced by Junichi Endo
Nerville Hammer voiced by Yasuhiro Mamiya
Narrator voiced by Tomokazu Sugita
Sources: “GUILTY GEAR STRIVE: DUAL RULERS” TV anime official website / X (formerly Twitter), Press Release
