In just a few hours time, Crunchyroll will begin streaming Devil Survivor 2 the Animation according to a recent announcement made by the company. The series follows on from the anime release of another Megami Tensei spin-off title “Persona 4”. The series is set to broadcast every Thursday starting on the 4th April 2013 at 11:05am Pacific time for premium members and a week later for free members.
The streams are available for those residing in the USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Netherlands and Scandinavia
DEVIL SURVIVOR 2 THE ANIMATION is based on one of the entries in the popular Shin Megami Tensei video game series published by Atlus, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2. It features the director of another adaptation of an Atlus video game, the Persona 4 anime, Seiji Kishi at the helm with Pony Canyon producing the series and animation by studio Bridge, whose other credits works include Mitsudomoe and Saint Seiya Omega.
The anime adapts its plot from the video game, which centers around a group of Japanese high school students who receive an email foretelling deaths. Demons then begin to invade the country, and the students enter into a pact that allows them to summon the creatures to fight for their survival. The all-star voice cast includes Aya Uchida, Shizuka Hattori from Vividred Operation, as Io Nitta, Hiroshi Kamiya, whose numerous roles have earned him a Best Lead Actor at the 3rd Annual Seiyuu Awards, as Hibiki Kuze, Junichi Suwabe, another prolific voice actor who was in last season’s THE UNLIMITED Hyobu Kyosuke as Andy Hinomiya, as Yamato Hotsuin, Nobuhiko Okamoto, this season’s Murasame from Hakkenden, as Daichi Shijima, and the ever-popular Takahiro Sakurai, Yamato Kurosawa from Say “I love you”, as Anguished One.
