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Ani-One Streams Otaku Elf, Dead Mount Death Play Anime in India
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Both anime titles will also stream in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam. Additionally, Otaku Elf will stream in Afghanistan, Mongolia, and Tajikistan. Dead Mount Death Play will stream in Fiji, Guam, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, Northern Mariana Island, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Seychelles, Solomon Island, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.
Ani-One Asia describes the Otaku Elf anime:
Koganei Koito works as the teenage shrine maiden at the Takamimi Shrine, catering to the whims of Elda, an ancient elf who's obsessed with video games! Elda is a total otaku who won't go outside and Koganei has to help with her unusual requests. These include bringing her energy drinks, food, manga, video games, and more. The heartwarming fantasy comedy now begins!
The anime debuted on April 7. The anime is part of Sentai Filmworks' partnership with Japan's Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS).
The anime stars Yuka Ozaki as Koito Koganei and Ami Koshimizu as Elda. Other cast members include Haruka Aikawa as Koma Sakuraba and Hitomi Sekine as Koyuzu Koganei.
Takebumi Anzai (PuraOre! Pride of Orange, Hitori Bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu, Go! Go! 575) is directing the anime at C2C. Shogo Yasukawa (A Certain Scientific Railgun T, Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma) is supervising and writing the scripts. Takeshi Oda (Harukana Receive, Wandering Witch - The Journey of Elaina) is designing the characters and serving as the chief animation director. Akito Matsuda (Sound! Euphonium, Liz and the Blue Bird) is composing the music.
Akari Nanawo is performing the opening theme song "Kien Romance" and Cody Lee is performing the ending theme song "Odoru Hikari."
Higuchi launched the ongoing manga in Kodansha's Shonen Magazine Edge magazine in 2019. Seven Seas is publishing the manga in English.
In another world, the Calamity Crusher, a veteran warrior battles a necromancer without peer known as the Corpse God to decide the fate of the world. Set in Shinjuku, this dark fantasy of a strange new world now begins!
The anime will premiere in Japan on April 10. The show will air for two cours (quarters of a year), but the two cours will be split. The show's second half will premiere in October. Crunchyroll will stream the anime in India with a Hindi dub.
Manabu Ono (Sword Art Online: Alicization, Saki, Sakura Wars the Animation) is directing the anime, and is also supervising the series' scripts while penning them alongside Yukie Sugawara (Overlord, The Vampire Dies in No Time) and Yoriko Tomita (My Dress-Up Darling, As Miss Beelzebub likes it.). Takaharu Ōkuma (Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater) is credited as "sub-director," while Yoshiki Kitai is credited as the assistant director. GEEK TOYS is animating the series. Hisashi Abe (Chobits, Gunslinger Girl, Psycho-Pass: Sinners of the System) is designing the characters. Takayuki Yamaguchi is the sound director. HALF H·P STUDIO is credited for sound production. F.M.F (Yūki Nara, eba, Kana Utatane) is composing the music.
Sou performs the opening theme song "Nero," and Inori Minase performs the ending theme song "Aolite."
Narita (Baccano!, Durarara!!) and Fujimoto (Red Raven) launched the ongoing manga in Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine in October 2017. Yen Press publishes the manga in English as chapters are released in Japan.
