The Tale of Vermundo & Andromeda: A CrossMore Love Story

***The Tale of Vermundo & Andromeda: A CrossMore Love Story*** *(**クロスモア: ヴェルムンド と アンドロメダ**, Kurosumoa: Vuerumundo to Andoromeda, titled CrossMore: Vermundo and Andromeda in Japan)* is an upcoming Japanese-American anime romantic science fantasy miniseries produced by MontalVerse Productions, AkaKen, 20th Television Animation and animated by Bones, who also co-animated the *CrossMore Universe* series. It is the eleventh miniseason part of the *CrossMore Universe Chronicles* series of miniseasons, and the first miniseason to be a fully-produced anime series.

It is written and directed by the duo of Takuya Igarashi and Yoji Enokido, who previously worked together on Star Driver and Bungo Stray Dogs, from a story by Aaron Montalvo, Todd Casey and John Bailey Owen. Toshihiro Kawamoto (Cowboy Bebop, Tenkai Knights) is the main character designer with Hitomi Odashima (My Hero Academia) as a sub-character designer and chief animation director, and featuring music by Yuki Kajiura and animation made by Bones. Stephen Sandoval is the miniseason's executive producer and supervisor alongside Montalvo, Kitsis, Horowitz and AkaKen's Yutaro Ikegaya and Yuma Sakata with Disney's Megumi Kubota, Reuben Lack and Eddie Cox and Bones' Masahiko Minami.

As the title confirms, it tells a love story (inside Luz's new story book) between Andromeda and Vermundo (characters inspired from Luz's real life experiences with the fusions) meeting and testing their bonds that turn into love as a way of healing from their limits by a powerful parental figure.

The series, consisted of three 86-minute episodes directed by Igarashi and Enokido, will air on Montalvo Xtreme through the Chromix programming block in the United States, while it also airs on AT-X, TV Tokyo and BS TV Tokyo in Japan in January 26, 2024. It will also stream on Hulu, Disney+ and MontalVue in Japan and the United States, while the latter two will stream the miniseason worldwide.

The series is rated TV-MA.

## About the Show

   The series was in production during the production days of *CrossMore Stylish Stories* and *CrossMore Universe Anime Tales*, with the ideas from the fusions from the former and *A CrossMore Red, Blue and Gold Odyssey* and make an event series part of the Chronicles sub-series of miniseason events for the franchise and animated series.

The series takes inspirations from Code Geass, The Case Study of Vanitas and most romance anime, manga and romance-based fanfiction. Bones. In addition, Bones and writer-director duo Takuya Igarashi and Yoji Enokido are helming the series with Toshihiro Kawamoto providing the main character designs co-adapted by Hitomi Odashima, and additional character design by Stephanie Ramirez and Matthieu Cousin.

Previously, Tara Strong was supposed to be in this miniseason, but she dropped out of the dub due to scheduling conflicts before the controversy on social media in regards to her allegiance to Jewish people amid the Israel-Palestinian conflict and the Hamas terrorist attacks. Cristina Vee will voice Andromeda in the series, replacing Strong, in the English dub, as revealed in New York Comic Con 2023.

### Premise

In an in-universe story from the CrossMore Universe, Luz's new story is published! Inspired by her experience with the fusion of Hunter and Marco as well as Star and Emira's, the story tells about the life and times when Vermundo met Andromeda in a very fancy romantic tale about togetherness, hardships and escaping their horrors of dependency control under superior figures with their love for each other.

## Episodes

There will be a set of three 86-minute episodes airing in 3 weeks on television before releasing on streaming the next day on MontalVue, Hulu and Disney+.

## Tie-In Novel

A light novel will be released through Tokyopop in 2024 with illustrations by Kawamoto. Kodansha will also publish the novel as well with translation scenario by Enokido.

## Music

* Music by: Yuki Kajiura
* Executive Music Producer and Original Jingles by: Michael Giacchino
* Music Production: Avex Pictures, Walt Disney Records
* Ending Theme: Dandelion by Da-iCE

## Trivia

* This is the first CrossMore Universe miniseason to be produced as an anime series and under a Japanese studio. It is also the fourth anime project from the franchise next to CrossMore Stylish Stories, CrossMore Royale and CrossMore Universe Anime Tales.
* Andromeda's new English voice actor, Cristina Vee, shares the same voice with Hirano in Japanese as Monaca Towa from Danganronpa and Angeles in Mexican Spanish with Marinette in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir.