Moonrise, the original sci-fi anime announced by Netflix in September 2022, entered its next phase today by revealing several preview stills and an April 10, 2025 release date, plus main cast and staff members.
Chiaki Kobayashi (Gabimaru in Hell’s Paradise) stars as protagonist Jack and Yuto Uemura (Atsushi in Bungo Stray Dogs) stars as Phil Ashe, Jack’s childhood friend. Furthermore, “Daijobu” by AiNA THE END (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Season 2 ED) will serve as the series’ theme song.
Tow Ubukata (Bye Bye, Earth) pens the story and Hiromu Arakawa (Fullmetal Alchemist) designs the characters for Moonrise. Masashi Koizuka (THE ONE PIECE) directs the anime at WIT Studio and serves as series composer, with character designs adapted for animation by Ayumi Yamada and music by Ryo Kawasaki. Additional staff members include:
Chief Animation Directors: Ayumi Yamada, Satoshi Kadowaki
Sub Character Designer: Megumi Tomita
Main Animators: Takaaki Chiba, Taisei Kudo
Action Animators: Takuma Ebisu, Satoshi Kimura, Yuko Sera, Ken Imaizumi
Art Designers: Kazushi Fujii, Satoshi Takabatake
Brush Designer: Yasuyuki Ebara
Mecha Designer: Takuma Ebisu
Mecha Prop Designer: Satoshi Takabatake
Color Designer: Satoshi Hashimoto
3DCG Director: Shigenori Hirozumi
Director of Cinematography: Koji Tanaka
Editor: Aya Hida
Sound Director: Masafumi Mima
Sound Effects: Hiromune Kurahashi
Animation Producer: Ryoma Kawamura
Netflix describes the story:
In a not-too-distant future, humanity has established a loosely organized world government with everything managed by an international AI network called Sapientia. People live peaceful lives by loyally obeying its rational decisions. However, Sapientia’s lunar development project, which sends criminals and pollutants to the Moon to maintain Earth’s peace, creates disparity and poverty on the Moon, sparking a catalyst for war. Jacob “Jack” Shadow gets caught up in this conflict after losing his family to a terrorist bombing by the Moon’s rebel army. Vowing revenge, Jack joins the Earth army as a scout on the Moon, only to discover an unexpected leader among the resistance forces.
Source: Comic Natalie, Netflix
