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Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 3rei!! Anime's 3rd Video Previews Opening Theme

The official website for Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 3rei!!, the fourth television anime based on Hiroshi Hiroyama's Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya manga, began streaming the anime's third promotional video on Tuesday. The video previews the anime's opening theme song "Asterism" by ChouCho.

The anime will premiere on AT-X, Tokyo MX, and other channels on July 6. The anime will have six home video releases in Japan, and the first release will include a five-minute original anime short.

The anime's cast includes:

• Mai Kadowaki as Illyasviel von Einzbern
• Kaori Nazuka as Miyu Edelfelt
• Misato Fukuen as Tanaka
• Ryoko Shiraishi as Angelica
• Rie Kugimiya as Beatrice Flowerchild
• Chiwa Saito as Chloe Von Einzbern
• Aya Endo as Gil
• Sumire Morohoshi as Erika
• Kana Ueda as Rin Tohsaka
• Shizuka Itou as Luviagelita Edelfelt
• Hitomi Nabatame as Bazett Fraga McRemitz
• Naoko Takano as Magical Ruby
• Yumi Kakazu as Magical Sapphire

Misato Fukuen, Ryoko Shiraishi, Rie Kugimiya, and Sumire Morohoshi are new additions to the cast. Yumi Kakazu replaces the late Miyu Matsuki in the role of Magical Sapphire.

Shin Oonuma returns as chief director of the series. Ken Takahashi (previously a key animator and action director for the series) joins returning director Masato Jinbo to direct the series at SILVER LINK Kenji Inoue is once again in charge of supervising the series' scripts, penned by Hazuki Minase. Kazuya Hirata (previously a key animator for the series) replaces Nozomi Ushijima in designing the characters for animation. Hiroshi Morikawa replaces Takeshi Tateishi as art director. TECHNOBOYS PULCRAFT GREEN-FUND is composing the music.

Yumeha Kōda will perform the ending theme song "WHIMSICAL WAYWARD WISH."

The first television anime premiered in 2013, followed by the second in 2014 and the third last July. Crunchyroll streamed all three previous series as they aired in Japan, and Sentai Filmworks licensed all three series for home video release in North America.