Crunchyroll revealed today the premiere date and key visual for FreakAngels, a new Crunchyroll Original anime series based on the hit, post-apocalyptic graphic novel series of the same name. All nine episodes will premiere on January 27 across 200 countries and territories, with subtitles available in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Russian and Arabic.
The series is set in Whitechapel, London’s last surviving neighborhood after a calamity struck the world years before, and follows the “FreakAngels” — a small group of psychic friends — as they protect each other and what’s left of humanity. The key creative cast includes Hiroshi Shimizu (MEGALOBOX, Blue Exorcist, Lupin III) as character designer and Studio Ghibli alum Osamu Masuyama (Made in Abyss) as art director.
Synopsis: Welcome to Whitechapel: last bastion of humanity. Six years ago, the world “ended” in a single, apocalyptic event, trapping Great Britain behind a mysterious dome of purple energy. London’s last neighborhood has persevered thanks to the protection of the “FreakAngels” — a small group of psychically-powered 23-year olds. Their fragile peace becomes threatened, however, when an exiled friend returns, exposing past conspiracies and new conflicts within their fractured, makeshift family. Can Whitechapel survive?
The FreakAngels comic was named one of the 50 Best Non-Superhero Graphic Novels by Rolling Stone, won the Eagle Award for Favorite Web-Based Comic in 2010 and 2012, and was nominated for the British Fantasy Award for Best Comic/Graphic Novel in 2010.
