#Compass 2.0 anime reveals April 2025 release date and more

Monday, February 24, 2025, saw the official release date for the television #Compass 2.0 anime series revealed to be Tuesday, April 8, 202,5 via the series’ official website. The anime will air on multiple channels several times on April 8 but will premiere at 12 am Japanese Standard Time on this date on TV Tokyo’s six channels.

In addition, the sample track for the #Compass 2.0 anime’s opening theme song, titled “Hakudo” or “Pulsebeat,” started streaming on artist Nana Mizuki’s official YouTube channel. The theme song was previously announced, but this upload from Mizuki’s channel marks the first time fans will be hearing the track following its initial announcement.

#Compass 2.0 anime previews opening theme song alongside release date reveal

As mentioned above, the #Compass 2.0 anime series is slated for a premiere on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at 12 am Japanese Standard Time (JST) on TV Tokyo’s six channels. The series will then run on BS NTV at 12:30 am JST on April 8, followed by AT-X at 8:30 pm JST on April 8. As of this article’s writing, international and domestic streaming information has yet to be officially revealed and confirmed. This news is expected to be shared in the coming weeks.

Hitoshi Nanba is directing the anime at Lay-duce studios, with Yuma Uchida performing the ending theme song “Heartache.” As mentioned above, Nana Mizuki will be performing the opening theme song titled “Hakudo,” or “Pulsebeat.” The series is based on a mobile game that previously inspired a series of four-minute anime shorts in 2018. TMS Entertainment and several other animation studios contributed to this project.

The #Compass 2.0 anime has already revealed several cast members, with some of the most notable being Daisuke Ono, Soma Saito, Marina Inoue, Jun Fukuyama, Kana Ichinose, and more. The full cast list, including those aforementioned, includes:

Daisuke Ono as 13
Sōma Saitō as Reiya
Sora Amamiya as Jeanne
Sakura Tange as Voidoll/Bugdoll
Yoshitaka Yamaya as Atari Jūmonji
Yasuhiro Mamiya as Justice
Shiki Aoki as Lyrica
Reina Kondo as Soubiki Noho
Tetsuya Kakihara as Tadaomi Ōka
Hiro Shimono as Marcos '55
Rikiya Koyama as Luciano
Marina Inoue as Matoi Fukagawa
Kazuhiro Yamaji as Gustav Heydrich
Ayumu Murase as Tesla
Atsuko Tanaka as Violetta Noire
Kokoa Amano as Coquelicot Blanche
Yu Shimamura as Maria
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Adam Yuriev
Ayane Sakura as Meg Meg
Nobutoshi Canna as Istaqa
Eri Kitamura as Kirara
Jun Fukuyama as Pololocho
Kōhei Amasaki as Thorn
Misaki Watada as Delmin
Banjō Ginga as Thomas
Kana Ichinose as Ruruka
Tomokazu Sugita as Pierre the 77th
Kana Hanazawa as Amairo Kitsunegasaki
A.I.VOICE Yukari Yuzuki as System Voice

The #Compass 2.0 anime is based on the #Compass iOS, Android, and Amazon app game which launched in 2016. The game is a three-versus-three capture-the-flag-style battle game, where players form teams of three by selecting from various characters on the game’s roster. Teams then fight to capture checkpoints in a certain amount of time, with the team obtaining the most being declared the victor.

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