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One of the most anticipated anime series Date a Live V (Season 5) has finally released the first set of character visuals. The visual showcase the design for the protagonist, Shido Itsuka (CV: Nobunaga Shimazaki), as well as his female counterpart and the main heroine, Tohka Yatogami (CV: Marina Inoue). 

The visuals of the following characters were revealed: 

• Kotori Itsuka (CV: Ayana Taketatsu)
• Yoshino Hamekawa (CV: Iori Nomizu)
• Origami Tobiichi (CV: Misuzu Togashi) 
• Miku Izayoi (CV: Minori Chihara) 

Date a Live V was announced at the conclusion of Date a Live IV’s final episode. The ending of season 4 indicated that a war is coming. Similarly, it hinted we can expect season 5 to be different and darker compared to the first 4 seasons. This is because in the fifth season, the main antagonist will reveal herself in the present time. Studio GEEKTOYS is in charge of the animation while Jun Nakagawa is the director.

However, one thing to note is that there is still no information regarding the broadcast date of the series. The Date a Live franchise is all set to have a special program which will release new information for season 5 at the “Fantasia Bunko Big Thanks Online 2023” event scheduled to be held on October 14, 2023.

Date a Live first premiered in 2013 under studio AIC+. It was followed by season 2 the next year with IMS’ production. The same studio worked on another anime film titled Date a Live: Mayuri Judgement in 2015. 

The third season of Date a Live was animated by J.C. Staff in 2019. In 2020, two spin-off movies named Date a Live: Dead or Bullet, and Date a Live: Nightmare or Queen respectively had theatrical screenings. 

Consequently the 4th season by GEEKTOYS and was aired in 2022, skipping 2021. The entire season with all the episodes are available on Crunchyroll.

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Date a Live is basically a Japanese light novel series by Koshi Tachibana. Fujimi Shobo made a series out of it with Tsunako’s illustrations from 2011 to 2020. The novel has a total of 22 volumes available. 

The original Date a Live light novel series was licensed by Yen Press in English. and describes the plot as:

April 10. The first day of school. Shido Itsuka is rudely awoken by his personal alarm clock—his little sister. It’s shaping up to be another typical day…well, as typical as it gets on a planet plagued by massive spatial quakes. Little does Shido know, however, his life is about to take a sudden turn when he encounters the source of this destructive phenomenon—a girl his age, apparently known as a Spirit. Turns out, there are only two ways he can stop her from unleashing hell on the world: Eliminate her by force or placate her…by taking her out on a date and making her fall in love with him!

At an event in April this year, when the initial trailer for Season 5 was revealed, the director Jun Nakagawa had expressed his excitement at the resumption of production. He had also  confirmed that “Date a Live” season 5 will be the finale of the series.