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Arc System Works revealed that the Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers anime series will begin airing on April 5, 2025. A new trailer for the show also appeared alongside a key visual.

The promotional video showcases the new character Unika, a mysterious woman who claims coexistence with Gears is a mistake and wants to save the world by eradicating them all. Unika is an original character making her first appearance in the Guilty Gear franchise on the anime series. The new Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers video also showcased the opening theme song, which is titled “AXCLUSION” and performed by ulma sound junction.

The trailer is available in Japanese with English subtitles, and you can watch it below.

You can also take a look at the new key visual here:

As a reminder, Arc System Works announced the contents of the Guilty Gear Strive Season 4, which will include Unika as a DLC character. Furthermore, the second DLC character in Season 4, Venom, has been delayed to the end of March 2025.

The Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers anime series will start airing in Japan on April 5, 2025. It will also appear on Crunchyroll sometime in the same month. Guilty Gear Strive is available on the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC.

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One June 14, 2024 Arc System Works announced that it would adapt Guilty Gear into an anime with the help of Sanzigen Studios. An image featuring Sol Badguy, Sin Kiske, and a mysterious new character was shared, teasing who would potentially play an integral role in this adaptation. Siliconera had the opportunity to sit down with Guilty Gear Strive Producer Ken Miyauchi, Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers Associate Producer Seiji Mizushima, and Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers Series Composition Writer Norimitsu Kaiho.

Given how expansive the lore and narrative of Guilty Gear is, with the first title in the series released in 1998, I asked what the challenges were in adapting the "rock and roll" action and intricate lore into something comprehensible for those unfamiliar with the fighter. Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers Associate Producer Seiji Mizushima had an answer.

"Guilty Gear has a twenty-five year history, and it's quite a difficult question of how do you turn that into an anime. But we want a new audience to be able to get into Guilty Gear series, and also do something that satisfies the old fans. The big challenge was really how do we protect the world and setting of this IP. " Mizushima went on to state that the production team for the anime worked closely with Arc System Works to ensure that this was done.

"Originally, this came together because the former BlazBlue Producer, Mori Toshimichi, approached me and asked how could we make something like this work. More than anything, we needed to have a strong and solid vision moving forward, otherwise it wouldn't succeed. That was the original discussion we had around the production of this project." He shared. "We ended up working very deeply with both the creators on the side of Arc System Works and the people on the animation side as well. So if you want to talk about how intertwined they are, I would say it's an almost one-hundred percent collaborative effort."

Guilty Gear Strive Producer Ken Miyauchi also weighed in saying, "Once we formed that team and assured that level of collaboration, we had the Guilty Gear Strive narrative director looking at the story and we also decided to bring in Norimitsu, who is a script writer and very well known for his work on Guilty Gear." Miyauchi stated that Norimitsu is one of the most trusted script writers when it comes to Guilty Gear, as he had worked as a script writer on previous Guilty Gear related projects. He also revealed that Norimitsu helped write the scenario for the anime. "Norimitsu would write the scenario and bring it to Arc System Works and we would have weekly meetings for quality and lore checks." This even included making sure that characters wouldn't say phrases they otherwise wouldn't say.

"We didn't want players of the Guilty Gear series to feel like the anime wasn't in line with the storyline they were already familiar with. We wanted to make sure everything was aligned. At the same time, we also focused on bringing in newcomers from the anime." We want to make sure that there wouldn't be a reliance on understanding " Miyauchi also stated that they wanted to create something that wouldn't rely too heavily on newcomers needing that deep understanding of Guilty Gear lore for them to get invested, making it more accessible to people that may be exposed to the series for the first time.

Regarding Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers, Series Composition Writer Norimitsu Kaiho stated that it will be tied into previous established Guilty Gear narratives and lore. "It's a standalone in a sense that newcomers will be able to jump right in and enjoy it for what it is, but is connected to the old lore which will have a few things long-times fans may find exciting in the story." On the subject of characters that have long since been missing from the main roster of Guilty Gear, I asked if we would see some of these faces (like Robo-Ky) return. Both Norimitsu and Miyauchi laughed, Miyauchi telling me that they couldn't answer that specifically. However, he did mention that there are a few characters that didn't appear in Guilty Gear Strive that would show up in Dual Rulers. He did not specify as to which.

When asked about a prospective sequel series, or a film, if Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers performs well, Norimitsu said he would love to create another story if given the chance. "I would like to see a possible sequel." Miyauchi added on. "Maybe the story of someone like Chipp, or something more character specific, or another type of drama. But all of these ideas are just something we'd like to see, and realistically, the first step we'd need to see is success with the anime."

We ended up moving the conversation into something more focused on Guilty Gear Strive and the growing popularity of the franchise. I had played several Guilty Gear games in the past, but I had always known the community to be relatively small. However, that's changed with Guilty Gear having an incredible presence at EVO and other fighting game tournaments. Miyauchi shared that he was elated to see that Guilty Gear Strive had sured 3 million players. "Some of our teams are quite surprised, I think the Arc System Works executives were not really expecting this level of success. Before I ed Arc System Works in 2018, I was just a casual player who liked playing fighting games. From that perspective, I knew that Arc System Works IPs like Guilty Gear had the potential of reaching this level of success. That's why I ed the company and became a Producer." He stated. Miyauchi mentioned that when Arc System Works announced Guilty Gear Strive had one million players, he knew it could do more and that when that number eventually jumped to three million, that it surprised him. However, he continues to aim high and hopes that five million players will be reached sometime in the future.

When asked about the hope that Guilty Gear: Dual Rulers will attract entirely new fans to Guilty Gear Strive, and even entice them into playing older entries in the series, Miyauchi shared his thoughts. "I'm not expecting all of these new fans to get into the fighting game, because even some long-time fans don't necessarily play a lot of fighting games and are instead attracted to the characters, lore, and music." He says. "I just hope that they will like what they like." I know that the level of success behind Guilty Gear is because of our very strong and enthusiastic community from previous entries in the series, and many of those fans discuss various things about Guilty Gear. " Miyauchi also said that he recognizes the success of the Guilty Gear franchise is largely owed to its dedicated and enthusiastic community, and that he knows that the various facets of this community will be more than willing to help newcomers come into the fold.

The Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers anime series is currently in development with no known release date. Guilty Gear Strive is readily available for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, and Windows PC.

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Arc System Works announced the full lineup and content for Guilty Gear Strive Season 4, adding Dizzy, Venom, the anime adaptation character Unika, and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners heroine Lucy as DLC. There will also be new stages, new colors for every character, a new character, and, for the first time in Guilty Gear history, a guest character. Team of 3 mode is also available.

The trailer, showcasing the new additions, was posted to the Arc System Works official YouTube channel on July 21, 2024. You can watch that trailer below:

The trailer dropped during the Evo 2024 Grand Finals of Guilty Gear Strive and listed out everything that would be coming in the fourth Season . There will be brand new stages for players to fight on, an exclusive new color for every character, redesigns for the returning characters of Venom and Queen Dizzy, and Guilty Gear -Strive- Dual Rulers' Unika, and Lucy from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners as the first guest character to ever enter a Guilty Gear game. Beyond the characters, a new fighting format will also be added to the game: three-on-three battles, much like Marvel Vs Capcom.

Here's how Lucy looks in the game. However, she won't arrive until 2025.

While the Season 4 for Guilty Gear Strive will be available on July 22, 2024, new DLC will start appearing in a few months. Here are the tentative release windows for each one:

• October 2024: Dizzy
• Early 2025: Venom
• Spring 2025: Unika
• Summer 2025: Lucy

Guilty Gear -Strive- and its previous three seasons of characters and stages are available now on the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, and PC

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At Anime Expo 2024, Arc System Works revealed a trailer for Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers that also introduced new character Unika and the series’ 2025 launch window. It also introduced the plot for the story, which stars Unika, Sin Kiske, and Sol Badguy.

The events of the anime begin when Sin, who will be voiced by Issei Miyazaki, is heading to see his parents Ky Kiske and Dizzy get married. However, as he’s doing so, he meets Unika. She’s the new character voiced by Yui Ishikawa. Unika’s goal is to destroy gears, all because she hates them. 

Here’s the latest trailer:

Some of the voice actors also released statements about the Guilty Gear Strive anime as part of the latest reveals. Here are Ishikawa’s thoughts about Guilty Gear newcomer Unika:

This is Miyazaki’s statement about Sin:

Sol Badguy voice actor Jouji Nakata also spoke about the role.

Finally, Character Designer Daisuke Ishiwatari also released a message expressing his excitement:

Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers will air in 2025. Guilty Gear Strive is available on the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PC. It is unknown if Unika will also eventually be added to the game as a playable character.

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Arc System Works announced the development of Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers, an anime adaptation based on the latest entry in the fighting game series. A key visual art was revealed featuring Sol Badguy and Sin Kyske, as well as an unknown new female character.

Note: The story includes minor spoilers for the plot of Guilty Gear Strive. 3g2p45

The first teaser trailer for the Guilty Gear Strive anime series, as well as a session with GGST Producer Ken Miyauchi, anime series composer Norimitsu Kaiho, and anime associate producer Seiji Mizushima will be held at the Anime Expo 2024 event, which will be held between July 4-7, 2024 in Los Angeles.

At the time of writing, it is unknown if the anime will be a retelling of the latest game in the series, or if it will feature an original story that follows the ending of the latest video game. However, the new key visual depicts Sol Badguy without wearing his Gear Cell Suppressor bandana as he was seen at the end of Guilty Gear Strive, which might hint towards the anime adaptation possibly being a sequel.

You can check out the key visual in more detail here:

Sanzigen Studios will produce the Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers anime adaptation, and Shigeru Morikawa will be in charge of directing. Sanzigen Studios previously worked on the "Find Your One Way" music video for Sol Badguy in Guilty Gear Strive. Meanwhile, Morikawa has most recently directed the Argonavis the Movie: Axia.

The Guilty Gear Strive: Dual Rulers anime series is currently in development with no known release date. Guilty Gear Strive is readily available for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series, and Windows PC, and Slayer is the latest DLC character to appear.

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