Southeast Asian anime channel ANIPLUS Asia has announced in a television advertisement on Tuesday that Steins;Gate 0 will be a part of the channel’s simulcast titles for this year’s Spring anime season.
The teaser did not specify the upcoming show’s premiere date and time, but the show set to premiere in Japan on Wednesday, April 11.
The channel previously announced several titles that will be a part of their Spring 2018 simulcast line-up, which are Persona 5 the Animation and Tokyo Ghoul:re.
Steins;Gate 0 is an upcoming anime series based on the popular visual novel game by video game developers 5pb. and Nitroplus, which was initially released on the PlayStation platform in December 2015 in Japan. The upcoming series will be the sequel to the popular sci-fi thriller anime Steins;Gate, which was first ran in 2011.
Kenichi Kawamura, who worked on several anime shows including Black Lagoon and Devil May Cry, will serve as the director the anime, while Jukki Hanada returns to handle series composition.
Tomoshige Inayoshi, who worked in Buddy Complex, will take over character designs from Kyuta Sakai, which will be produced by WHITE FOX.
The cast from previous adaptations reprise their respective role on the upcoming series, including Mamoru Miyano as “Rintaro Okabe”, Kana Hanazawa as “Mayuri Shiina”, and Asami Imai as “Kurisu Makise”.
Last month, the official website for Steins;Gate 0 released the full promotional video for the upcoming anime with a preview of the opening theme song “Fatima”, sung by Kanako Ito. (Spoiler Warning)
