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Crunchyroll to Stream Knight's & Magic Anime
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Crunchyroll announced on Friday that it will stream the television anime of Hisago Amazake-no's Knight's & Magic light novel series.
The site will stream the series starting on Sunday at 11:00 a.m. EDT for members in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Latin America.
In the story, a Japanese mecha otaku dies in a car accident and his soul is reincarnated into another world as Ernesti Echevarria. Eru inherits memories and interests from his previous life, and aims to be a pilot of a Silhouette Knight, a large humanoid weapon that really exists in his world.
The series stars:
- Rie Takahashi as Ernesti "Eru" Echevarria
- Ayaka Ōhashi as Adeltroot "Adi" Alter
- Shinsuke Sugawara as Akidd "Kid" Alter
- Yasuaki Takumi as Edgar C. Blanche
- Kazuyuki Okitsu as Dietrich Knitz
- Shizuka Itou as Hellvy Oberi
- Natsumi Fujiwara as Batson Termonen
- Atsushi Imaruoka as David Hepken
- Sayaka Senbongi as Stefania Serrati
- Masaru Ikeda as Lauri Echevarria
- Hidetaka Tenjin as Mathias Echevarria
- Sayaka Ōhara as Celestina Echevarria
- Daisuke Sakaguchi as Tsubasa Kurata
The anime will premiere in Japan on July 2 on Tokyo MX (10:30 p.m.), KBS Kyoto (11:00 p.m.), AT-X (9:00 p.m.), and Sun TV (12:30 a.m., effectively July 3 morning). The show will then later premiere on BS 11 on July 4 at 12:00 a.m. (effectively July 5 morning).
Yūsuke Yamamoto (Welcome to the NHK, Walkure Romanze) is directing the anime at the studio 8-Bit. Michiko Yokote (Shirobako, ReLIFE) is in charge of the series scripts, and is also penning scripts alongside Noboru Kimura (Nyaruko: Crawling with Love!, Amagami SS). Kenichirō Katsura (Macross 7, NAKAIMO - My Little Sister Is Among Them!) is designing the characters, and Kurogin is in charge of the Silhouette Knight designs. Masato Kōda (Maria the Virgin Witch, KonoSuba – God’s blessing on this wonderful world!!) is composing the music. fhána is performing the anime's opening theme song "Hello!My World!!," while Ayaka Ōhashi is performing the ending theme song "You & I."
