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Twin Star Exorcists Anime's Teaser Video Reveals Staff
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The official website for the TV anime of Yoshiaki Sukeno's Twin Star Exorcists (Sōsei no Onmyōji) manga began streaming the "opening gate edition" of the show's teaser promotional video on Saturday. The video reveals the show's main staff.
Tomohisa Taguchi (Persona 4 the Golden Animation, Persona 3 the Movie #2 Midsummer Knight's Dream, Persona 3 the Movie #4 Winter of Rebirth) is directing the series at Studio Pierrot (Naruto Shippūden, Tokyo Ghoul, Yona of the Dawn). Shishō Igarashi (Unlimited Psychic Squad director) is serving as assistant director, Naruhisa Arakawa (MAOYU, Outbreak Company, Kingdom) is handling the series composition, Kikuko Sadakata (Corpse Princess, Muromi-san, Devils and Realist) is designing the characters, and Itsuko Takeda (Level E, Kingdom) is the chief animation director.
Wagakki Band will perform the show's theme song.
The anime will star:
Megumi Han as Benio Adashino
Ayumu Murase as Yūto Ijika, Rokuro's childhood friend (not pictured)
The anime will premiere next year.
Viz Media is publishing the series in North America, and it will publish the third compiled volume in January. The company describes the story:
Rokuro dreams of becoming anything but an exorcist! Then mysterious Benio turns up. The pair are dubbed the "Twin Star Exorcists" and learn they are fated to marry...
Can Rokuro escape both fates?
When Rokuro's best friend Ryogo goes missing, Rokuro is forced to ask Benio for help to enter Magano, the realm of the evil Kegare, to rescue him!
Sukeno (Binbogami ga!) launched the "new-generation onmyō (ancient Japanese occultism) fantasy" in Shueisha's Jump Square magazine in November 2013. Shueisha released the sixth compiled volume on September 4, and it will release the seventh volume on January 4.
Source: MoCa News
