Trinity Seven (Anime)

Trinity Seven (トリニティセブン) is a 2014 anime based on the manga by Kenji Saito and Akinari Nao. Produced by Seven Arcs, the anime aired in Japan from October 7, 2014 to December 23, 2014, with a special Original Video Animation being aired on March 25, 2015.

On October 6, 2014, Crunchyroll announced the streaming of the anime episodes after their original broadcast time starting on October 7, 2014 at 10:40 AM Pacific time. On October 16, 2015, Madman Entertainment announced that they had acquired the streaming and home video rights to the series. On May 29, 2016, Manga-Animatsu Entertainment announced at the MCM London Comic Con that they had acquired the series.

On July 7, 2016, North American licensor, Sentai Filmworks announced the home release of the anime on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on August 16, 2016 as well as the English Dub cast of the anime, having licensed the anime series on April 19 of the same year.

Seven Arcs
In this "romantic comedy but sometime serious magical school story," life as Arata Kasuga knows it is wiped out by a bizarre incident known as "Collapse Phenomenon," which causes worldwide destruction and takes his cousin Hijiri Kasuga to the next world. To resolve the "Collapse Phenomenon" and bring back Hijiri, Arata enrolls in the Royal Biblia Academy. Waiting in the school are seven beautiful female magic users — the Trinity Seven.

Crunchyroll
“Pride, Envy, Wrath, Sloth, Greed, Gluttony, Lust. These are the seven sins laid upon seven girls who rule over Biblia Academy. To retake his world, the boy decides he must control these sins... The boy, Arata Kasuga, has had the world he knows destroyed by a mysterious "Collapse Phenomenon", and his cousin Hijiri disappears into another dimension. To understand the Collapse Phenomenon and take back his cousin, he comes to Biblia Academy. There he finds the seven girls and their sins.”

Sentai Filmworks
Things have been looking sunny for Arata Kasuga lately. Unfortunately it's been the wrong sun in the sky, and the mysterious Breakdown Phenomenon that accompanied it destroyed his town and stole his beloved cousin Hiijiri, leaving Arata in a fantasy world of his own creation! There's still a chance to save her, however, as the appearance of the Black Sun also revealed Arata's potential abilities as a mage, placing him in the powerful Demon Lord class. But first, since Arata and his newfound magical talents are far too dangerous to leave to their own devices, he's immediately whisked off to the Royal Biblia Academy. That's where he'll meet seven beautiful female mages whose powers are intrinsically tied to the same sins that Arata has to master to put his world back together. Of course, the tricky part is that they have their own plans for him as well! The lessons in sin are about to begin as Arata takes on the TRINITY SEVEN!

Wikipedia
Arata Kasuga lived a normal life together with his cousin and childhood friend, Hijiri Kasuga, in a small town. However, everything changed on the day of the Black Sun. The Black Sun caused the Breakdown Phenomenon which destroyed the town where he lives and took Hijiri away. As Hijiri starts disappearing, she hangs a grimoire to his neck, asking it to protect Kasuga. Desperate on losing Hijiri and all of his other friends and family, Kasuga asks for his world to be good again, which leads to the grimoire artificially reconstructing his normal life, and making him forget the destruction of the city and Hijiri's disappearance. Lilith Asami, a mage, is sent to investigate the ruins and she finds the powerful spell in their stead. She makes Kasuga remember the actual events and consequently the spell is broken, not without the grimoire telling him that Hijiri is alive. Kasuga decides that his only option is to become a magus himself so he could rescue Hijiri and he thus joins the Royal Biblia Academy, a secret school for mages that deals with magical issues around the world. There he is introduced with the Trinity Seven, seven powerful female mages who are at the top of their respective fields (Lilith being one of them) who will help him in his goal of becoming a powerful magician and find the truth about Hijiri and the Black Sun. He soon finds out that another of the Trinity Seven, Arin, looks almost exactly like his missing cousin although she shows a completely different personality.

Episodes
Episodes of the anime are aired every Tuesday.
 * The OVA was bundled with Volume 11 of the manga.

Episode List

Staff

 * Japanese

Crew
 * Director: Hiroshi Nishikiori
 * Series Composition: Hiroyuki Yoshino


 * Music: TECHNOBOYS PULCRAFT GREEN-FUND
 * Original Creators:


 * Akinari Nao (art)
 * Kenji Saito (story)


 * Character Design: Shinpei Tomooka


 * Art Director: Kinichi Okubo


 * Chief Animation Directors:
 * Kyoko Kotani
 * Shinpei Tomooka


 * Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina


 * Director of Photography: Megumi Enomoto


 * 3D CG: Naoto Yamaguchi


 * Color Scheme: Kaoru Nishimura


 * Creature Design: Yasuhiro Moriki


 * Editing: Kazuhiko Seki


 * Prop Design: Chikai Okado


 * Set Design: Hiroshi Izumi


 * Special Effects: Naomasa Fukuda
 * Weapon Design: Akira Otsuka

Companies
 * Animation: Seven Arcs Picture
 * Production:
 * Avex Pictures
 * Kadokawa Corporation
 * Trinity Seven Production Committee


 * English

Crew
 * ADR Director: Kyle Jones
 * Executive producer:
 * Eiichi Takahashi
 * John Ledford
 * Producer: John Ledford
 * Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
 * Production Coordination:Janice Williams
 * Production manager: Luke Patterson

Companies
 * Distributor: Manga Entertainment (UK & Ireland)
 * Internet Streaming:
 * Crunchyroll
 * Viewster
 * Licensed by:
 * Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
 * Sentai Filmworks

Videos


Events
AnimeJam 2014  - On September 3, 2014, the official anime website announced that Trinity Seven would be participating AnimeJam 2014 on December 14. Later, on October 2, the official anime and AnimeJam site announced the main cast would be performing a live talk show during the event. The members that will participate are:


 * Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Arata Kasuga)
 * Yumi Hara (Lilith Asami)
 * Aya Uchida (Arin Kannazuki)
 * Ayane Sakura (Levi Kazama)


 * Yōko Hikasa (Mira Yamana)
 * Ryoka Yuzuki (Akio Fudo)
 * Rie Murakawa (Yui Kurata)
 * Ayaka Suwa (Hijiri Kasuga)

On October 10, the official anime site further announced that ZAQ would be attending to perform "Seven Doors".

Premiere Event - On September 27, 2014, a special event in celebration of the October broadcast premiere was held in Toho Cinema where a limited number of attendees could buy tickets to participate. The event consisted of a screening of the first episode, as well as a talk show with the cast. The members that participated were:


 * Yoshitsugu Matsuoka (Arata Kasuga)
 * Yumi Hara (Lilith Asami)
 * Ayane Sakura (Levi Kazama)
 * Yōko Hikasa (Mira Yamana)


 * Ryoka Yuzuki (Akio Fudo)
 * Rie Murakawa (Yui Kurata)
 * Ayaka Suwa (Hijiri Kasuga)
 * Aya Suzaki (Selina Sherlock)

Games


On September 27, 2014, the first of five minigames in celebration of the anime broadcast was revealed on the official anime website. The first game required clicking a certain section a certain number of times to fill up a gauge before ten seconds. Upon completion of the game, visitors could download a colored wallpaper of Lilith.

On October 7, in celebration of the first episode airing, the second minigame was released on the official anime website. Similar to the first game, the player must click certain areas to fill up a gauge under twenty seconds with the difference being the sections the player must click changes. Upon completion, a colored wallpaper of Yui becomes available to download.



On October 17, the third minigame was released on the official anime website. Like the previous games, the player must perform a certain task a certain amount of times to fill a gauge under fifteen seconds. This game involved clicking a specific area and moving the mouse left and right. After completing the game, players could download a colored wallpaper of Lilith and Levi in a hotspring. On December 9, the fourth and last game was releads on the official anime site. Much like the previous games, players must click a specific part of the screen a certain number of times to fill the gauge. However, the area the player must click will randomly change. Upon filling the gauge, users may download a colored wallpaper of Lieselotte and Selina.

Popularity Poll
On September 30, 2014, Avex announced on the official anime site a character popularity poll featuring the Trinity Seven in different situations. The winner of the poll will be featured in a bonus illustration in the Blu-rays & DVDs. The poll officially ends on October 28, 2014.

On December 6, the results of the poll were released, revealing Lilith as the winner. A sample illustration of Lilith in her situation by Nao Akinari was released as well.

Results

 * 1) Lilith Asami
 * 2) Lieselotte Sherlock
 * 3) Yui Kurata
 * 4) Levi Kazama
 * 5) Mira Yamana
 * 6) Arin Kannazuki
 * 7) Akio Fudo

Illustrations
On October 7, 2014, illustrator of the manga, Nao Akinari, released a special illustration of Lieselotte on his official Twitter account in celebration of the anime premiering on the same day. Notably, in his next tweet he remarked "Why didn't I draw Lilith-sensei?" On October 14, Nao released an illustration of Lilith in celebration of the second episode airing the same day. And two weeks later, on October 28, Nao released another illustration on his Twitter, this time of Levi, prior to the broadcast of the fourth episode.

On the fifth episode broadcast date, November 4, he again released an illustration of Yui. Later, on November 11, Akinari released a second image of Lieselotte in anticipation of sixth episode broadcast. Next week, on November 18, Akinari again released another illustration of Akio for episode seven. Before the broadcast of the eigth episode on November 25, Nao posted a second image of Lilith wearing a swimsuit.

On December 9, Nao released a new illustration of Mira and Akio in celebration of the tenth episode broadcasting on the same day. Later, on December 16, an illustration of Lugh was released on Nao's Twitter for the eleventh episode broadcast. Lastly, on December 23, Nao released an illustration of Arin and Hijiri in celebration of the twelth and final episode broadcast.

Collaboration
On September 6, 2014, the official anime website announced a collaboration with seven different maid cafes in Akihabara in celebration of the anime. Starting from September 29 to October 29, each of these maid cafes would serve a specific Trinity Seven character themed meals and drinks. Furthermore, guests who visit all seven stores and get their stamp card stamped can receivie a limited edition maid Lilith keychain. Also, the receipt can be used to enter a lottery to win Trinity Seven related products.

Music

 * Technoboys_Pulcraft_Green-Fund.jpgsition: TECHNOBOYS PULCRAFT GREEN-FUND
 * Opening Theme: "Seven Doors"  by ZAQ
 * Ending Themes:
 * "BEAUTIFUL≒SENTENCE" by Magus Two, Yumi Hara (Lilith Asami) & Aya Uchida (Arin Kannazuki)
 * "SHaVaDaVa in AMAZING♪" by Yuilevi Three, Ayane Sakura (Levi Kazama) & Rie Murakawa (Yui Kurata)
 * "ReSTART “THE WORLD”" by TWINKle MAGIC, Nao Tōyama (Lieselotte Sherlock) & Aya Suzaki (Selina Sherlock)
 * "TRINITY×SEVENTH＋HEAVEN"  by Security Politti, Yōko Hikasa (Mira Yamana) & Ryoka Yuzuki (Akio Fudo)

Crunchyroll
On October 6, 2014, Crunchyroll announced on their site that they would be streaming episodes after their original broadcast time starting on October 7, 10:40 AM Pacific. For premium members, they could watch one hour after broadcast time while free members could watch one week later. The simulcast would be available in the following regions: USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden.

Madman Entertainment
In October 16, 2015, Madman Entertainment announced that they acquired streaming and home video rights to the series. Currently, the company has been streaming via AnimeLab every Wednesday and will release the home video versions in the future.

Manga-Animatsu Entertainment
On May 29, 2016, Manga-Animatsu Entertainment announced at the MCM London Comic Con that they had acquired the series.

Sentai Filmworks
On April 19, 2016, Sentai Filmworks announced that they had licensed the anime series. On July 7, 2016, the company announced the home release of the anime on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on August 16, 2016 as well as the English Dub cast of the anime.

KSM Anime
On August 5, 2016, German distributor KSM Anime announced licensing Trinity Seven with a planned 2017 released for both DVD and Blu-ray.