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Shabake TV Anime's 2nd Video Unveils More Cast, Ending Song, October 3 Debut

Aniplex revealed on Tuesday the second full promotional video, second key visual, more cast members, and October 3 premiere for the television anime of Megumi Hatakenaka's Shabake historical fantasy novel series. The video reveals and previews the ending theme song "Myaku-Myaku" (Continuous) by KAFUNÉ.

The newly announced cast members are:

• Daisuke Namikawa as Nozoki Byōbu
• Seiichirō Yamashita as Matsunosuke
• Shimba Tsuchiya as Eikichi
• Shion Wakayama as Oharu
• Akira Sekine as Suzuhiko-hime
• Shinya Takahashi as Noderabō
• Misako Tomioka as Kawauso
• Akane Matsunaga as Yanari
• Aika Wakuno as Yanari
• Takako Tanaka as Yanari

The anime will debut on October 3 on Fuji TV 's Noitamina programming block at 11:30 p.m. JST (10:30 a.m. EDT). The anime will stream exclusively in Japan on Prime Video on October 4 at midnight JST. It will then run on AT-X on October 7 at 8:00 p.m. JST.

• Daiki Yamashita as Ichitarō
• Kōji Okino as Nikichi
• Taku Yashiro as Sasuke

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. Kujira performs the opening theme song "Inochi no Parade" (Parade of Life).

Additional staff includes:

• 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 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. A 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.

Source: Press release