With a series of games starting back in 2008 and extending into 2013 as well as a couple of novels and some manga, it’s no surprise that BlazBlue is getting an anime adaptation. Listed as BlazBlue: Alter Memory, the new series is set for a fall 2013 broadcast in Japan. The news kicked off over the weekend with the launch of the official site and some key art, which you can see further below. The official site also brought into light the cast that will be behind it and the production team that will be animating it:

• Supervisor: Toshimichi Mori
• Director: Hideki Tachibana
• Assistant Director: Seiji Mizushima
• Series Composition: Deko Akao
• Screenplay: Deko Akao/Tatsuya Takahashi
• Character Design/Chief Animation Director: Tomoyuki Shitaya

Cast:

• Ragna the Bloodedge     Sugita Tomokazu
• Noel Vermillion     Kanako Kondo
• Jin Kisaragi     Tetsuya Kakihara
• Rachel Alucard     Kana Ueda
• Hazama     Nakamura Yuichi
• Taokaka     Saito Chiwa
• Litchi Faye Ling     Chiaki Takahashi
• Iron Tager     Kenji Nomura
• Tsubaki Yayoi     Imai Asami
• Kokonoe     Matsuura Chie
• Makoto Nanaya     Isomura Tomomi

Plot Concept: The story is set in December of 2199, when the streets are full of anticipation for the end of the year and the start of the new one. Amid the celebrations, word spreads that Ragna the Bloodedge, an SS-class rebel with the highest ever bounty on his head, has appeared in the 13th Hierarchical City of Kagutsuchi. The apparent aim of Ragna or the “Grim Reaper” is the destruction of the system controlling the world. To collect the bounty, a motley array of unrivaled fighters converge on Kagutsuchi.

[Source: Crunchyroll ]