My body is ready.

For season 3

Unfortunately, it won't be until October.

Now there's an announcement on the official SW site, too:
http://s-witch.cute.or.jp/movie/new/index.html

It seems like we're getting more of 501st, just looking at the seiyuu guest list:
Yoshika Miyafuji
Hattori Shizuka
Sakamoto Mio
Gertrud Barkhorn
Erica Hartmann
Sanya V. Litvyak
Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen
Yoko Ishida (theme song)
and "other"

>>6140
Well, if they gave any other sort of cast list, that'd just be giving away the announcement before hand, right? Like if it was the established voice actors for the Red Pants, Suwa Amaki, Nakajima Nishiki, and Junko Takei.

>>6143
Keep in mind that there's more to the event than just the announcement.

It's a strike witches movie event.
I wouldn't be surprised if the red pants VAs and others from the movie got added to the list. After all, Shizuka is already there.

Mai Kadowaki (Sanya) won't be at the event due to pregnancy (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-08-03/voice-actress-mai-kadowaki-expecting-a-baby-in-november-december).

That sure will make a lot of people disappointed. Though the direction of her person life seems to make a non-401st anime slightly more likely.

>>6295
Happy for her! But disappointed if this hurts the chances of another 501st work.

>>6295
>>6296
Reminds me of Chiba Saeko's departure after season one, but I don't know how fans would react if Sanya were to be voiced by anyone else.

Strike Witches and pretty much all anime shouldn't ever revolve around a seiyuu.

If a prolific voice actor or actress has to drop from a give franchise, then so be it.

I'll admit, Mai Kadokowaki nails Sanya's personality but should she leave SW, that's unfortunate. But then, there are other younger seiyuus out there that can take her place for Sanya.

Authors or Directors being replaced would be another matter though.

>>6296
Wasn't Mio's voice actress replaced for this reason? And she was a much bigger role than Sanya.
Probably wouldn't affect the chances of a World Witches anime either way.

~3 weeks to go. Hype is intensifying.

>>6435

SOON
HYPE IS REACHING CRITICAL LEVELS

I'm going to be on an unavoidable 18-hour flight when the announcement happens. Oh, the pain

>>6435
>>6478
>all my hype

I'm not sure this is related (the article says the event is 13/10/13), but a new Strike Witches "The World Witches" art book was just put up for preorder: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-10-04/new-strike-witches-the-world-witches-art-book

>>6484
Related in that it's Strike Witches, but I wouldn't expect them to hype up a major event like this to announce something a second time.

>>6494
If they're releasing a "Witches of the World" art book, they might be more likely to announce a non-501st anime (or at least that's what I want to think).

>>6496
I hadn't thought of that possibility. I can sign on to that hype train, although cautiously.

>>6498
Hmm. Maybe a Tank Witches anime?
Would be nice to see more action on the various fronts, or in say, Egypt.

>>6484
>>6496
The WW art book will be released in about 6 months, so it's not really relevant at this point.

However, the event does have some world witches (and Suomus) related merchandise. Privates artbook, WW poster, Nipa/Eila dakis.


And a last minute cancellation - Erica's seiyuu won't be appearing in the event.

I can hardly contain my pants

My body is ready.

i am monitoring

SEASON 3 AND OVA INCOMING!!

Yay!

Now to find out what they'll be.

It will be an OVA 100% focus in 501st.

THERE IS NOT ANOTHER JFW? Why the staff sayed that in the nexts projects web will see anothers squads?

>>6511
No, there will be an OVA and a TV series, those are two different things.
The OVA has been confirmed to be about 501, but no one knows what the TV series will be about.

>>6512

Maybe is time for 502st? I hope so

>>6512
It feels to me like since they're specifically saying the OVA is about the 501st, then the TV anime won't be.

Plus, it's name is "Tactic of Vanadis Attack." "Vanadis" is a name for the Norse goddess Freyja, so it might be in Scandinavia somewhere.

>>6514
OVA = Operation Victory Attack (O.V.A)
TV anime = Tactics of Vanadis Attack (T.V.A)

I love how they did the names

>>6517
("Operation Victory Arrow," btw)