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Ishura Anime Reveals 2 Main Visuals, January 3 Premiere
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The staff for the television anime of storywriter Keiso and artist Kureta's Ishura light novel series revealed on Sunday the series' two main visuals, and its January 3 premiere.
The anime will premiere in Japan on January 3 on 22 channels including TOKYO MX, BS Nippon Corporation, and KBS Kyoto. The anime will also stream on Kadokawa's YouTube channel and Abema starting on January 10. The anime will stream exclusively on Disney+ worldwide.
The anime stars (Note: Some character name romanizations are not confirmed):
- Yuuki Kaji as Soujiro the Willow-Sword
- Reina Ueda as Yuno the Distant Talon
- Jun Fukuyama as Alus the Star Runner
- Akio Ohtsuka as Harghent the Still
- Romi Park as Taren the Punished
- Sōichiro Hoshi as Dakai the Magpie
- Showtaro Morikubo as Regnejee the Wings of Sunset
- Sora Amamiya as Curte of the Fair Skies
- Aoi Yūki as Kia the World Word
- Mamiko Noto as Elea the Red Tag
- Rie Takahashi as Nihilo the Vortical Stampede
- Kōichi Yamadera as Shalk the Sound Slicer
- Nobuhiko Okamoto as Hidow the Clamp
- Takehito Koyasu as Jelki the Swift Ink
- Tomokazu Sugita as Higuare the Pelagic
- Yumiri Hanamori as Lana the Moon Tempest
- Shinichiro Miki as Kuze the Passing Disaster
- Yui Horie as Nastique the Quiet Singer
Takeo Takahashi (Hinako Note, The Island of Giant Insects) is the chief director, and Yuki Ogawa (FLCL Progressive, Mieruko-chan) is directing the anime at Passione. Kenta Ihara (Mieruko-chan, Tsukimichi -Moonlit Fantasy-) is supervising and writing the series scripts, and the studio SANZIGEN is in charge of CG animation. sajou no hana performs the opening theme song "Shura ni Otoshite" (Falling into the Carnage), and Konomi Suzuki performs the ending theme song "Hakka" (White Flower).
Other staff members include:
- Assistant Directors: Takuya Asaoka, Fujiaki Asari, Takahiro Majima, Hironori Aoyagi
- Character Designers: Yoko Kikuchi, Yuka Takashina
- Monster Designers: Seiji Handa, Hiroya Iijima
- Mecha Designer: Kanta Suzuki
- World Designer: Tatsuya Fukushima
- Art Setting: Nobuhito Sue, Shūhei Tada
- Background Art: Kusanagi
- Art Directors: Kazuo Ogura, Yuuki Hatakeyama
- Color Key Artist: Ritsuko Utagawa
- Compositing/Photography: SANZIGEN
- Compositing Director of Photography: Mari Inoue
- Editors: Ayako Tan, Nami Niinuma
- Music: Masahiro Tokuda
- Music Production: Kadokawa
- Sound Director: Takatoshi Hamano
- Sound Effects: Katsuhiro Nakajima
- Sound Production: Magic Capsule
Yen Press is releasing the novels in English, and it describes the series:
In a world where the Demon King has died, a host of demigods capable of felling him have inherited the world: a master fencer who can figure out how to take out their opponent with a single glance; a lancer so swift they can break the sound barrier; a wyvern rogue who fights with three legendary weapons at once; an all-powerful wizard who can speak thoughts into being; and an angelic assassin who deals instant death. Eager to attain the title of “One True Hero,” these champions each pursue challenges against formidable foes and spark conflicts themselves. The battle to determine the mightiest of the mighty begins.
The novel began serialization on both the Shōsetsuka ni Narō and Kakuyomu websites in 2017. Kadokawa began publishing the series in print in September 2019. The novel series topped the tankōbon, novel, and new title categories of the 2021 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (This Light Novel Is Amazing!) guidebook with the most number of votes ever recorded for a light novel series in the guidebook's history.
Meguri launched a manga adaptation in Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Magazine in March 2021.
Source: Press release
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