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Shabake TV Anime's 1st Promo Video Reveals More Cast & Staff, Opening Song, October Debut
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The official website for the television anime of Megumi Hatakenaka's Shabake historical fantasy novel series posted the anime's first full promotional video on Sunday. The video reveals more cast and staff members, as well as the anime's October premiere in Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block. The video also reveals and previews the opening theme song "Inochi no Parade" (Parade of Life) by Kujira.
The anime's staff also posted the first key visual:
The newly announced cast members are:
The newly announced staff members include:
- Sub-Character Design/Chief Animation Director: Yuka Shiga
- Yōkai Design: Tetsurō Nireki
- Prop Design: Yurika Konuma, Nana Koinuma, Nanami Hakoda, Chie Saito, Starroid
- Art Director/Art Setting: Masahiro Satō
- Color Key Artist: Fumi Matsuotake
- Compositing Director of Photography: Yōichi Ōgami
- Editing: Kazuhiro Nii
- Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta
The anime will have two advance screenings of its first four episodes on August 23 in Tokyo.
Takahiro Ōkawa (unit director for Hula Fulla Dance, Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari both seasons) is directing the anime at BN Pictures. Tōko Machida (Lucky Star, Smile Down the Runway) is overseeing the series scripts, Akari Minagawa (The Perfect Prince Loves Me, the Side Character?!) is designing the characters and is also the chief animation director along with Shiga, and Rei Ishizuka (Ayakashi Triangle, The Orbital Children) is composing the music.
The first novel in the series debuted in 2001, with numerous sequel novels since then. The series has also inspired two live-action television series, manga, radio plays, stage plays, stage musicals, and picture books. An net anime adaptation of the novels streamed in July 2021. The net anime had a different cast and staff from this upcoming adaptation.
The novels have more than 10 million copies in circulation.
Hatakenaka's We Rent Tsukumogami (Tsukumogami Kashimasu) inspired a television anime in July 2018.
Sources: Shabake anime's website, Comic Natalie
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