Sunrise announced a new Brave manga titled Brave Universe Sworgrader will enter serialization at the end of July. The new manga will also receive an animated promotional video by Sunrise, Hobby Japan, and Shiranui Pro.
Exact details about the story of Brave Universe Sworgrader were not revealed, but Sunrise shared information regarding the staff working on both the manga and promotional video. Shirō Tsunashima will be illustrating the Brave Universe Sworgrader manga and character designs, and Ukyō Kodachi will write the story. Kodachi’s previous works include the Fate/Apocrypha anime, the Chaos Dragon anime, and the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations manga and anime.
Fans may receive volume 0 of the manga and see the promotional video by attending The King of Braves: GaoGaiGar 25th Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition at Seibushibuyaten Movidakan in Tokyo. The promotional video will feature the theme song “Ashita no Yūki ni Hi wa Noboru” (The Sun Rises on Tomorrow’s Bravery) by Nami Tamaki. Lyrics for the theme song were written by Yoshitomo Yonetani. Composition and arrangement for the theme song were handled by Toshiyuki Watanabe.
Here’s the list of staff working on Brave Universe Sworgrader, via Anime News Network:
Brave Universe Sworgrader Staff
Manga
- Illustrator – Shirō Tsunashima
- Story writer – Ukyō Kodachi
Animated Promotional Video
- Original work – Hajime Yatate (Sunrise staff’s pseudonym)
- Original draft – Yoshitomo Yonetani
- Supervising – Yoshitomo Yonetani, Atsuhiro Tomioka
- Character designs – Yuka Aono (Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion the Animation)
- Mechanical design – Kunio Okawara (Mobile Suit Gundam), Toshinao Miyauchi (SD Gundam World Heroes)
- Animation mechanical design – Hiroki Mutaguchi (SSSS.Dynazenon)
- Production – Hobby Japan
- Editing – Shiranui Pro
- Theme song vocalist – Nami Tamaki
- Theme song lyricist – Yoshitomo Yonetani
- Theme song composition/arrangement – Toshiyuki Watanabe
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