Hexad Powers: The Strange, the Fun & the Parasol

Hexad Powers: The Strange, the Fun & the Parasol is a 2019 OVA (original video animation) based on the Cosmos Raid fighting game as well as its update. The special was animated by Trigger, one of the two studios that worked on the opening sequence for Excelsior. It was produced with an anglophone market in mind first. The 51-minute project will be available on the same day CRE launches overseas: June 14/August 2 in North America and Europe respectively. Unlike the main attraction which only contains Japanese audio, The Strange, the Fun & the Parasol features the option to watch it with either Japanese *or* English dubs and subtitling to boot.

Synopsis
Close to her 18th birthday, Vivi sets out on a mission to apprehend a peculiar lady who wields an umbrella. Our lead protag is doing so at the behest of Strapping Chief Irvine, whose top officers once had a very difficult time tracking the figure down. Accompanying her on this task is none other than Derek Hobgoblin himself, a man wearing an imp mask who's a self-proclaimed "unneccesary narrator first, reality bender second" type of guy. Even if they don't know of the suspect's whereabouts - much less able to gauge how strong she is if the opportunity to fight arises - Vivi and Derek are determined as ever to find her successfully.

Details

 * Genre: Adventure, comedy, urban fantasy
 * Directed by: Rie Matsumoto
 * Script by: Masahiko Otsuka
 * Music by: Takatsugu Wakabyashi
 * Studio: Trigger
 * Released: June 14, 2019 (NA) ; August 2, 2019 (EU)
 * Runtime: 51 minutes

Staff

 * Original Character Design: Tomonori Inoue
 * Design Adaptation: Yoshihiko Umakoshi
 * Direction: Rie Matsumoto
 * Chief Animation Direction: Sumie Kinoshita
 * Color Design: Yukiko Kakita (T2 Studio)
 * Art Direction: Toshihiro Kohama (Bihou)
 * Editing: Junichi Uematsu
 * Director of Photography: Mitsuyoshi Yamamoto
 * 3D Direction: Tetsuya Watanabe
 * Sound Direction: Yasunori Ebina
 * Music: Takatsugu Wakabayashi
 * Animation Production/Work: Trigger


 * English dub crew
 * ADR Director: Jonathan Klein
 * ADR Script: Deborah Crane
 * Producer: Jonathan Klein, Reiko Matsuo
 * ADR Production: New Generation Pictures
 * Recording Studio: Central Command

Cast

 * Main
 * Supporting