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A Certain Scientific Railgun Anime Season 3 Reveals Ad, Theme Song Artists, More Staff
posted on by Alex Mateo
The official website for A Certain Scientific Railgun T (Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T), the third season of A Certain Scientific Railgun anime opened on Saturday, unveiling a new key visual and commercial. It also confirmed that the unit fripSide are performing the opening theme song, and Kishida Kyōdan & The Akeboshi Rockets are performing the ending theme song. Shigeru Nishiyama is editing, and Jin Aketagawa is directing the sound.
The anime's third season will premiere in January 2020 in Japan on AT-X, Tokyo MX, MBS, BS11, and AbemaTV.
Members of the previous anime seasons' staff are returning for the third season. Tatsuyuki Nagai is returning to direct the anime at J.C. Staff. Shogo Yasukawa is in charge of series composition, Kentaro Izumi is the art director, Jin Aketagawa is the sound director, and Shingo Fukuyo is the director of photography. Yūichi Tanaka is serving as character designer, Tomomi Andō is working on color design, and Maiko Iuchi is composing the music.
The cast includes:
- Rina Satō as Mikoto Misaka
- Satomi Arai as Kuroko Shirai
- Aki Toyosaki as Kazari Uiharu
- Kanae Itō as Ruiko Saten
- Azumi Asakura as Misaki Shokuhō
Kamachi's A Certain Magical Index light novel series has inspired three television anime series, a 2013 anime film, and multiple manga adaptations. Motoi Fuyukawa's A Certain Scientific Railgun spinoff manga has also inspired two television anime adaptations and an original video anime (OVA).
The television anime of A Certain Scientific Accelerator (Toaru Majutsu no Index Gaiden: Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator) manga premiered in Japan on July 12. Crunchyroll and Funimation streamed the series as it aired in Japan.
Yen Press is releasing the original light novel series in English, and Funimation has released all of the anime adaptations in North America outside of the A Certain Scientific Railgun OVA. Seven Seas Entertainment is releasing the A Certain Scientific Railgun manga and the A Certain Scientific Accelerator manga in English, and Yen Press is releasing the A Certain Magical Index manga in English.
Thanks to Justin Ng for the news tip.
Source: A Certain Scientific Railgun T anime's website (link 2)
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