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The Asterisk War
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Atsushi Tamaru
Ayato Amagiri (voice)
24 eps
Ai Kakuma
Julis-Alexia von Riessfeld (voice)
24 eps
Nao Toyama
Claudia Enfield (voice)
24 eps
Shiori Izawa
Saya Sasamiya (voice)
24 eps
Ari Ozawa
Kirin Toudou (voice)
24 eps
Yuma Uchida
Eishiro Yabuki (voice)
24 eps
Yuichi Iguchi
Silas Norman (voice)
2 eps
Nobuyuki Kobushi
Randy Hooke (voice)
2 eps
Yuhko Kaida
Kyouko Yatsuzaki (voice)
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Asterisk War actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Asterisk War reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Invertia was a meteor storm that caused an unprecedented disaster during the 20th century. Because of this disaster, numerous cities around the world were destroyed. However, within the meteor, an unknown element called mana was discovered. It allowed human technology to make rapid strides giving rise to a new species of super-powered humans, the Star Pulse Generation (Genestella). The Festas (Star Warrior Festivals) host battles between Genestella at a city of six academies called “Rikka,” also commonly known as “Asterisk.”
Scholarship student Ayato Amagiri transferred into Seidoukan Academy in order to fulfill his own wish, swearing he too will fight in this city.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Yosuke FutamiProducer
- Masayuki NishideProducer
- Isao SatoProducer
- Yohei HayashiProducer
- Soichiro UmemotoProducer
- Akihito IkemotoProducer
Writing
- Muneo NakamotoWriter
- Yukito KizawaWriter
Direction
- Kenichi ImaizumiDirector
- Kenji SetoDirector
- Tsuyoshi TobitaDirector
Cinematography
- Kosuke NakanishiDirector of Photography
- Hiroki SugiyamaDirector of Photography
Music
- Rasmus FaberOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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