There is a great piece of news for all the Date A Live fans. The makers have officially announced the release window for Date A Live Season 4. Now, the premiere of its fourth season is only a few months away. Not only that, but they released a teaser for its upcoming installment as well. So, when will the fans see the new episodes of this show? Here are all the latest details.
Date A Live is a Japanese harem romantic-comedy anime series. It is an adaptation of Koshi Tachibana’s light novel series of the same title. Its first and second seasons premiered in 2013 and 2014, respectively. Then the fans have to go through a five years-long hiatus to see its third installment that premiered on January 11, 2019. It ran for twelve episodes before ending on March 29 of the same year.
New Production Studio Again!
Date A Live has a strange trend of its own to change the production studio in every installment. The previous three seasons were animated by three different studios, and now the same is happening again in the fourth season. However, the great thing is most of the staff members will return, but it will feature a new director, Jun Nakagawa. AIC Plus+, Production IMS, and JC Staff already worked in the first three seasons. This time, Geek Toys took the command of animating Date A Live Season 4. Now, the fans are quite excited to see their output as well.
Date A Live Season 4: Teaser Trailer!
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the LN series, the creators announced the arrival of the anime’s fourth season, and to make things even more exciting, they released its teaser as well. There is nothing in the teaser in terms of footage or clips from the fourth season, but it confirms that all the cast members from the previous three seasons are reprising their roles in Date A Live Season 4. Along with that, it also features a voice-over of Shido Itsuka and Tohka Yatogami. In it, Shido is telling their precious comrades to lend him their spirit power.
By the end of the teaser, the screen reads, “Now, let’s Start the War that everyone wanted.” So, the fans can certainly expect to see a lot of things in the forthcoming season.
Date A Live Season 4: What Will Happen Next?
The previous three seasons of this show adopted the first twelve volumes of the LN series. However, they skipped some chapters of the twelfth volumes that have some important details. So, it is likely that the fourth season will cover skipped chapters first before jumping to the thirteenth volume of the LN series. It will introduce several new characters and antagonists of this show.
The fans can also expect Date A Live Season 4 to introduce some new spirits. Shido will again go on a date with the spirits in order to resolve their problems. The next season might feature Nia Honjou, the second spirit to appear on Earth. She has a special ability that gives her information about anything in the world. Nia already loses her faith in humanity and falls in love with video games and the 2D world of manga. She becomes an artist, but DEM eventually realizes that she is a spirit.
Date A Live Season 4: Release Date
The official Twitter account of this show confirmed that the fourth season would premiere this very year in Fall. Date A Live Season 2 is all set to release in October 2021. However, the makers haven’t revealed the exact date on which the fans will see its premiere. But it is only a matter of time, and they will likely reveal its release date in the upcoming months.
