On December 2, 2020, Pony Canyon registered the "Anime-PlatinumEnd.com" domain name,[55] and on December 19, 2020, at the Jump Festa '21 online event, it was announced that the series would receive an anime television series adaptation by Signal.MD. Hideya Takahashi directed the "first series", while Kazuchika Kise is directing the "second series",[56] with series composition by Shin'ichi Inozume, and character designs by Kōji Ōdate. Masahiro Tokuda is composing the series' music.[57] The series ran for 24 episodes,[56] and aired on TBS, BS11, and other channels from October 8, 2021, to March 25, 2022.[18][c] Band-Maid performed the opening theme "Sense", while Yuu Miyashita performed the first ending theme "Kōfuku-Ron" (Theory of Surrender).[59] Kuhaku Gokko performed the second ending theme "Last Straw".[60] Both Crunchyroll and Funimation streamed the series outside of Asia.[61][62] Medialink licensed the series in South and Southeast Asia.[63] Disney+ Hotstar started streaming the anime weekly in select Southeast Asian regions from January 5, 2022.[64] On October 28, 2021, Crunchyroll announced the series would receive an English dub, which premiered on November 18 of the same year.[5]
The series was released in Japan on DVD and Blu-ray across four volumes, each containing six episodes. The first volume was released on January 19, 2022; and each volume was released bi-monthly until July 20 of the same year.[65] In North America, Crunchyroll released the first 12 episodes of the series on Blu-Ray on January 10, 2023,[66] followed by a second Blu-ray release on June 6 of the same year,[67] that contained the second half of the series. Crunchyroll also released the series in 2 parts in the United Kingdom[68][67] and Australia.
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