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Muhyo & Roji Anime's Promo Video Previews SCREEN mode's Opening Theme
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The official website for the television anime adaptation of Yoshiyuki Nishi's Muhyo to Roji no Mahōritsu Sōdan Jimusho (Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation) manga began streaming a promotional video for the anime on Monday. The video previews SCREEN mode's opening theme song "Gifted."
The official website also revealed a new visual on Monday.
The anime will have an advanced screening event in Tokyo on July 29. The anime will premiere on SKY PerfecTV! on August 3 at 9:30 p.m., and will later premiere on Animax on September 3 at 7:00 p.m.
The anime stars:
Ayumu Murase as Tōru Muhyō
Yuu Hayashi as Jirō "Roji" Kusano
Tetsuya Kakihara as Yōichi Himukai
Hiroshi Kamiya as Soratsugu Madoka
Mitsuki Saiga as Reiko Imai
Wataru Hatano as Page Klaus
Rie Kawamura as Yū Abiko (Biko)
Satomi Akesaka as Rio Kurotori
Iori Nomizu as Nana Takenouchi
Kōhei Amasaki as Kenji
Yōji Ueda as Maeda
Ami Koshimizu as Furuya
Kazumasa Fukagawa as Iwamoto
Kyousuke Ikeda as Fujiwara
Nobuhiro Kondō (Nobunagun, Cerberus) is directing the anime at Studio DEEN. Yasuyuki Suzuki (Naruto Shippūden, The Reflection) is penning the scripts. Kouichiro Kawano (And Yet the Town Moves, High School Fleet episode animation director) is designing the characters. Married couple Kazuko Tadano and Hiromi Matsushita (Sailor Moon, Dancougar - Super Beast Machine God) are the chief animation directors, and Ryo Kawasaki (Fate/Grand Order: First Order, Altair: A Record of Battles) is composing the music.
ORESAMA (Alice & Zoroku, Magical Circle Guru-Guru, Wolf Girl & Black Prince) are performing the ending theme song "Hotohashiru."
The manga centers on Toru Muhyo, a prodigy and expert on magic law, and his assistant Jiro Kusano. The pair investigate supernatural incidents and dole out justice.
The original manga ran in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from 2004 to 2008. Shueisha published 18 compiled book volumes and 10 trade paperback (bunko) volumes for the series. Viz Media released all 18 volumes of the manga physically and digitally in North America.
A sequel manga launched on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ manga website and app on March 19. The sequel follows Muhyo and his friends after they have grown a little after the conclusion of the first series.
Sources: Muhyo & Roji anime's official website, Cinema Today
