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Disney Twisted-Wonderland Anime Reveals 1st Season's October 29 Debut

The staff of the Disney Twisted-Wonderland The Animation series revealed the main visual and the October 29 debut of the anime's first season Episode of Heartslabyul, on Tuesday. The anime's staff also revealed that the first season will have eight episodes.

The anime will debut exclusively on Disney+ on October 29 and will run for three seasons. The seasons adapt the original smartphone game's accompanying manga under the titles Episode of Heartslabyul, Episode of Savanaclaw, and Episode of Octavinelle.

Yōhei Azakami voices the protagonist Yūken Enma, as seen in the manga adaptation of the original game. Yuken is a kendō (swordsmanship) club member at Hibari Metropolitan High School. One evening during a full moon, a pitch-black carriage suddenly appears, and he is transported to the alternate world Twisted-Wonderland. He finds himself at the enrollment ceremony for a prestigious magic training academy, Night Raven College.

The main cast for the first season, Episode of Heartslabyul, includes these returning cast members from the main game:

• Natsuki Hanae as Riddle Rosehearts
• Seiichirō Yamashita as Ace Trappola
• Chiaki Kobayashi as Deuce Spade
• Ryōta Suzuki as Trey Clover
• Tatsuyuki Kobayashi as Cater Diamond
• Noriaki Sugiyama as Grim
• Mitsuru Miyamoto as Dire Crowley

Previously announced new cast members include Kenyū Horiuchi as Dark Mirror and Kento Hama as Che'nya. Other new cast members are:

• Savanaclaw Dorm:
  • Yūichirō Umehara as Leona Kingscholar
  • Taito Ban as Jack Howl
  • Aoi Ichikawa as Ruggie Bucchi

• Octavinelle Dorm:
  • Atsushi Tamaru as Azul Ashengrotto
  • Wataru Komada as Jade Leech
  • Nobuhiko Okamoto as Floyd Leech

• Scarabia Dorm:
  • Kazuki Furuta as Kalim Al-Asim
  • Kaname Futaba as Jamil Viper

• Pomefiore Dorm
  • Hiroki Aiba as Vil Schoenheit
  • Shimba Tsuchiya as Epel Felmier
  • Yōjirō Itokawa as Rook Hunt

• Ignihyde Dorm
  • Kōki Uchiyama as Idia Shroud
  • Shōta Aoi as Ortho Shroud

• Diasomnia Dorm
  • Kazuki Katōas Malleus Draconia
  • Hikaru Midorikawa as Lilia Vanrouge
  • Nobunaga Shimazaki as Silver
  • Haruki Ishiya as Sebek Zigvolt

• Night Raven College Staff
  • Kento Itō as Divus Crewel
  • Rikiya Koyama as Mozus Trein
  • Ryōta Takeuchi as Ashton Vargas
  • Subaru Kimura as Sam

Takahiro Natori (Aria the Benedizione, Tokyo Mew Mew New) is serving as chief director and series script supervisor, and Shin Katagai (The Ossan Newbie Adventurer) is directing at Yumeta Company and Graphinica. Yoichi Kato (Space Brothers, Aikatsu!) is credited as the main writer. Hanaka Nakano and Akane Satō are designing the characters.

Takumi Ozawa, the composer of the game, is also composing the music in the anime itself. The "Night Ravens" perform the opening theme song "Piece of my world."

The game's story begins when the main character is summoned to another world by a magic mirror. There, the main character arrives at the prestigious magic training school Night Raven College. With nowhere to go, the main character is offered protection by the school's masked headmaster, and gets to know the uncooperative but genius students of the school while trying to find a way to get back home.

Sources: Disney Japan's X/Twitter account, Comic Natalie