Sentai Filmworks is starting to do the reveals for their upcoming release of the first cour for Coffin Princess Chaika and they’re doing clip versions for it. With the dub directed by Chris Ayres, we’ve now gotten the reveal that Joanne Bonasso has joined the project to take on the role of Akari. Bonasso has done a bit of work in this realm before with a role in Air Gear, Clannad and Kanon. She is most recently seen in Parasyte as Ryoko Tamiya.

The property comes from writer Sakaki Ichirou, who is known for his work Scrapped Princess primarily. The series is animated by Bones with Soichi Masui directing, which is amusing since he did Scrapped Princess as well. The show was adapted by Touko Machida while Nobuhiro Arai handled the character designs. Known as Hitsugime no Chaika in Japan, the novels began back in 2010 and a manga adaptation kicked off in late 2011.

Plot concept: The horrors of war still haunt 20-year-old retired soldier Toru Acura. Disillusioned and unemployed, Toru spends his days loafing around without purpose, and struggles to adjust to a life without combat. However, his younger sister, Akari, is fed up with being the sole breadwinner, and this time she’s dead serious. Faced with the ultimatum of finding a source of income or meeting the business end of Akari’s spiked hammer, Toru is reluctantly forced out of the house to find a either a job or a gravesite. Instead, Toru runs smack dab into the mysterious Chaika Trabant, a 14-year-old girl from a faraway land with interesting taste in accessories. On her back is a massive coffin almost as large as the secret she carries, and although she may be small this girl packs a big punch. For Chaika is not just a stray traveler- she’s a sniper rifle-toting sorceress who’s a hell of a shot! Their chance encounter sets forth a series of events that will not only force them to confront their pasts, but will forever change their futures in COFFIN PRINCESS CHAIKA!

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