1st Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Reflection Film Reveals New Characters With 2nd Trailer, Visual

The official website for the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Reflection anime film project unveiled new characters for the first film via a second trailer and a new main visual on Tuesday. The trailer features Nana Mizuki's theme song "Destiny's Prelude."



The new characters and their voice cast members are:

• Kana Ueda as Dearche, the materialized form of the "Spirit of Kings" awakened from the pages of the Book of the Night Sky
  
• Yukari Tamura as Shtel, the materialized form of a "Spirit" awakened from the pages of the Book of the Night Sky
  
• Nana Mizuki as Leby (Levy), the materialized form of a "Spirit" awakened from the pages of the Book of the Night Sky
  
• Kana Asumi as Yuri, an entity key to the story

Other newly announced roles include:

• Aya Hisakawa as Lindy Harlaown
• Natsuko Kuwatani as Alph
• Mikako Takahashi as Chrono
• Yuki Matsuoka as Amy Limiette
• Kaori Mizuhashi as Yūno Scrya
• Donna Burke as Raising Heart
• Kevin J England as Valdish
• Tetsuya Kakihara as Laevatein, Graf Eisen

Ueda, Tamura, Mizuki are also reprising their returning characters of Hayate Yagami, Nanoha Takamachi, and Fate T. Harlaown, respectively.

In the story, a pair of researchers stay behind on their dying planet of Eltria with their two daughters, Amitie and Kirie, in hopes of finding a way to revive the planet. But when the husband Granz falls ill it seems their dream of reviving the planet will die. Against her older sister's wishes, Kirie sets off with her childhood friend Iris to seek help from a distant alternate world. They arrive in Japan on Earth to search for the key to their planet's regeneration. There, they meet Nanoha Takamachi, Fate T. Harlaown, and Hayate Yagami.

Franchise creator Masaki Tsuzuki previously stated in an interview with Gakken's Megami Magazine that the story will be completely new, and will take place three months after Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 2nd A's, when Nanoha and the other characters are in the summer of their fifth grade.

The film will open in Japan on July 22. The second wave of advance tickets will go on sale on Saturday and come with A3-size clear posters of Nanoha, Fate, and Hayate. The project is planned as two films, though the second film's release date has not yet been revealed.

Haruka Tomatsu will voice Amitie Florian, and Satomi Satou will voice Kirie Florian. Both characters debuted in the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's Portable: The Gears of Destiny PlayStation Portable game in 2011, but have not appeared in any anime in the franchise. Tomatsu and Satou reprise their roles from the game. (Slightly different versions of Dearche, Shtel, and Leby also appeared in the game.) Yōko Hikasa will play the new character Iris.

Masaki Tsuzuki is credited with the original work, and is also penning the script. Takayuki Hamana (The Prince of Tennis, Library War, Appleseed XIII) is directing the film at Seven Arcs Pictures. Kana Hashidate (Dog Days) is drawing the character designs, and Shochiku is distributing the film.

Tsuzuki's Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha franchise includes four television anime series, two anime films, and numerous spinoff manga. The fourth television anime series, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha ViVid, premiered in April 2015.ViVid Strike!, the new television anime by franchise creator and scriptwriter Masaki Tsuzuki, premiered in October.