Date A Live season 4

Date a Live IV
Season 4
Fourth season anime key visual
No. of episodes12
Release
Original networkAT-X
Original releaseApril 8 (2022-04-08) –
June 24, 2022 (2022-06-24)
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The fourth season of the Date A Live anime series, titled Date A Live IV,[1][2] was produced by Geek Toys and directed by Jun Nakagawa, adapting volumes 13 to 16 of the light novel series of the same name. Like the rest of the series, it follows the adventures of Shido Itsuka and the Spirits, supernatural female entities that have fallen in love with him. The season was scheduled to premiere in October 2021, but was delayed to April 2022 for "various reasons".[3] Fumihiko Shimo wrote the fourth season's scripts, with Naoto Nakamura designing the characters and Go Sakabe returning to compose the series' music.[4] It aired from April 8 to June 24, 2022.[5] The opening theme is titled "OveR" performed by Miyu Tomita, and the ending theme is titled "S.O.S" performed by sweet ARMS.[6] On April 21, 2022, Crunchyroll announced that the season would receive an English dub, which premiered the following day.[7]

  1. ^ Harding, Daryl (March 16, 2020). "Season 4 of Date A Live TV Anime Announced to Be in Production". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on 2020-03-21. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  2. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 16, 2020). "Date A Live Anime Gets 4th Season". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  3. ^ Pineda, Rafael Antonio (September 10, 2021). "Date A Live IV Anime's Video Reveals 2022 Delay, More Staff". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 10, 2021.
  4. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 7, 2021). "Date A Live IV Anime Debuts in October With New Studio, Staff". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
  5. ^ Loo, Egan (March 7, 2022). "Date A Live IV Anime Announces April 8 Premiere with Visual". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 7, 2022.
  6. ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (January 17, 2022). "Date A Live IV Anime's Promo Video Reveals More Cast, Theme Song Artists, April Debut". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
  7. ^ "Date A Live IV English Dub Reveals Cast & Crew, Release Date". Crunchyroll. Retrieved May 6, 2022.