According to Otanews, the movie of Toaru Majutsu no Index, previously announced here, was confirmed to be released in February 2013. The movie will consist of a completely original story written and illustrated by the original author, Kazuma Kamachi.
key visual of new characters (drawn by original illustrator, Kiyotaka Haimura)
Synopsis
Endymion: the space elevator of Academy City. On the day of its anticipated completion, Touma and Index encounter Alisa Meigo, a Level 0 girl. Index and Alisa become friends through the inscrutable bond of “ravenous eating”. The three were hanging around after school, when suddenly Stiyl and another magic-side being come assaulting them, their target being Alisa. Why is Alisa, who is also on the magic side, being targeted? Having encountered a full-throttle attack from the magic side, Academy City enacts the deployment of the discipline maintenance squad led by the female leader, Shut-Aura. As the turmoil surrounding Touma, Index, and Alisa continues to worsen, Stiyl says, “That girl there may just cause war between the magic side and the science side.” When magic and science cross paths, at Endymion the story unfolds!
Cast (no VA changes have been made)
Touma Kamijou – Atsushi Abe
Index – Yuka Iguchi
Mikoto Misaka – Rina Satou
Kaori Kanzaki – Shizuka Itou
Stiyl=Magnus – Kishou Taniyama
Aisa Himegami – Mamiko Noto
Motoharu Tsuchimikado – Anri Katsu
Pierce Aogami – Yoshihisa Kawahara
Komoe Tsukuyomi – Kimiko Koyama
Kuroki Shirai – Satomi Arai
Kazari Uiharu – Aki Toyosaki
New characters TBA
Staff
Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori (from TV series)
Original Story Concept, Composition: Kazuma Kamachi (original author)
Script: Hiroyuki Yoshino (Accel World, Macross Frontier)
Character Design: Tanaka Yuuichi (from TV series)
Mecha Design: Mika Akitaka (Gundam 0083, Nadesico)
Art Director: Tomonori Kuroda (from TV series)
Color Design: Tomomi Andou (from TV series)
Director of Photography: Shingo Fukuyo (from TV series)
CG: Sanjigen (Black Rock Shooter)
Editing: Shigeru Nishiyama (from TV series)
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa (Shakugan no Shana, AKB0048)
Music: Maiko Iuchi / I’ve sound (both from TV series)
Animation: J.C.STAFF
Source: Otanews (Japanese)
In addition, an official site for a new Toaru Majutsu no Index game was opened, announcing a collaboration between Bandai Namco Games and Guyzware. Both Toaru Majutsu no Index and Toaru Kagaku no Railgun have had PSP game adaptations in the past, the former being a 3D battle action game created by Shade and the latter being a 3D adventure novel game released by Ascii Media Works.
Guyzware has made PSP adaptations for Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai and Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai, and they are also currently developing a game for Accel World, to be released on the PS3 and PSP.
More information will be made available on volume 521 of Dengeki Playstation, to be released on June 28, 2012.
Source: Yaraon (Japanese), Official Site (Japanese)
Note: All translations of names made in this article are temporary and subject to revision upon official updates.
