The ongoing TV Anime “Orb: On the Movements of the Earth” (Japanese Name: Chi.: Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite) has released a brand new key visual and new trailer. The official YouTube channel of SKY PerfecTV Pictures Channel released the new trailer and the official X Account of this anime released the new key visual:
The key visual and trailer shows elderly Novak and a mysterious female character. Along with them, we can also spot 2 new main protagonists of this series, and their voice actors are also announced in the trailer:
Draka by Miyuri Shimabukuro
Schmitt by Hino Satoshi
It is also revealed that the new ending song of this series “Hebi” (Snake) will also performed by Yorushika. The comment has arrived from Yorushika for their new ending song:
One day, I saw the scales of a snake, and they were so beautiful that I started writing a song themed around snakes. While working on it, I suddenly felt a connection to Chi.
In the Bible, the famous imagery of humans eating the fruit of knowledge and the snake that tempted them can be interpreted as a simple metaphor for the desire for knowledge. From that idea, I wrote a song about a snake waking from its slumber in spring, crawling out into the world, and coming to know it.
This song also draws inspiration from a line in a poem by the Tang dynasty poet Yuan Zhen, from Lí Sī (Regret for Separation):
曾经沧海难为水
除却巫山不是云Roughly translated, it means, ‘After seeing the vast ocean, no other body of water will satisfy. After seeing the clouds over Mount Wu, no other clouds will compare.’ Both the ocean and the clouds of Mount Wu are metaphors Yuan Zhen used for his late wife. It is a simple yet deeply profound love poem.
Yorushika
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth (Chi.: Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite) anime was released on 5 October 2024. Bookmark our website for more updates!
The opening song “Kaijuu” (Monster) was performed by Sakanaction and the first ending song for this anime “Aporia” was performed by Yorushika. Shimizu Kenichi directed this anime. Irie Shingo handles scripts and Series Composition. Shino Masanori was in charge of Character designs and was the Chief Animation director of this anime. Kenshuke Ushio composed the music for this anime. Animation Studio Madhouse is animating this anime adaptation.
About Orb: On the Movements of the Earth
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth (Japanese Name: Chi.: Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite) is a Japanese Manga written and illustrated by Uoto. It was serialized from September 2020 to April 2022 in Shogakukan‘s seinen manga magazine Big Comics Spirits. There is a total of 8 Volumes in this manga.
This manga later received an anime adaptation by Studio Madhouse. This anime adaptation was released in October 2024.
Seven Seas Entertainment licensed this manga in English and describes its plot as:
“In fifteenth-century Europe, heretics are being burned at the stake. Rafal, a brilliant young man, is expected to enter university at an early age and study the era’s most important field, theology. But Rafal values Reason above all else, which leads him both to the shocking conclusion that the Earth orbits the Sun, and into the hands of the Inquisition!
A decade later, two members of the Watch Guild, the dour young Oczy and the cynical Gras, find a hidden stone chest that details the secrets of the universe Rafal left behind. Dare they try to change their own stars by selling the heretical texts, or would that only lead to the stake and the fire?“
Source: Official Website
