The creditless opening video for Orb: On the Movements of the Earth was released on Friday. Sakanaction performs the opening theme “Kaiju” which was originally showcased during the series’ dual-episode premiere. New episodes of Orb: On the Movements of the Earth are released every Saturday. Netflix is streaming the anime worldwide. Check out the ending below:
This marks Sakanaction’s first anime series theme song performance of the group’s career. The ending video for Orb: On the Movements of the Earth was released earlier this week featuring the theme song “Aporia” by Yorushika. Recent works of Yorushika include the second opening for Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End and the opening for The Danger in My Heart Season 1, along with the second ending for Season 2. Check out the ending video for Orb below:
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth Staff and Cast
Ken’ichi Shimizu (Parasyte -The Maxim-) is the director for Orb: On the Movements of the Earth. Shingo Irie (Kuroko’s Basketball) is in charge of the series composition with Masanori Shino (Black Lagoon) handling the character designs. The rest of the main staff consist of the following:
- Music: Kensuke Ushio (DanDaDan)
- Sound Director: Kisuke Koizumi (Chainsaw Man)
- Director of Photography: Akane Fushihara (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End)
- Art Director: Yasutoshi Kawai (Ninjala)
- Color Design: Narumi Konno (Blue Box)
- Editing: Kashiko Kimura (Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End)
The cast for Orb: On the Movements of the Earth includes some big names. Maaya Sakamoto (Ciel Phantomhive – Black Butler) voices the role of the main protagonist Rafal. She’s joined by Kenjiro Tsuda (Nanami from Jujutsu Kaisen), who is voicing one of the main characters in Novak, along with Shou Hayama (Aizen from Bleach) as Hubert, Yuuichi Nakamura (Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen) as Badeni, Katsuyuki Konishi (Fuegoleon from Black Clover) as Oczy, and Saya Hitomi (Mai from Uma Musume) as Yolenta.
Manga Details
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth is a historical mystery manga written and illustrated by Uoto. The seinen magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits began publishing the series in September 2020 until it ended in April 2022. Winning multiple awards, including the 26th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and “Best Comic” at the 54th Seiun Award, the manga also won the Mandou Kobayashi Manga Grand Prix back in 2021.
Seven Seas Entertainment licenses the series in English and has released 2-in-1 omnibus volumes, all of which are currently published. The publisher describes the series as:
In fifteenth-century Europe, heretics are being burned at the stake. Rafal, a brilliant young man, is expected to enter university at an early age and study the era’s most important field, theology. But Rafal values reason above all else, which leads him both to the shocking conclusion that the Earth orbits the Sun, and into the hands of the Inquisition! A decade later, two members of the Watch Guild, the dour young Oczy and the cynical Gras, find a hidden stone chest that details the secrets of the universe Rafal left behind. Dare they try to change their own stars by selling the heretical texts, or would that only lead to the stake and the fire?
Source: Official Website, Official X
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