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Animax Asia Airs Simulcast of To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts Anime

Southeast Asian anime channel Animax Asia announced on Tuesday that it will air a simulcast of the television anime of Maybe's to the abandoned Sacred Beasts (Katsute Kami Datta Kemono-tachi e) manga. The simulcast will premiere on July 2 at 8:30 p.m. GMT +8. Animax Asia is streaming an English-subtitled trailer for the series.

The anime will premiere on Tokyo MX and BS11 on July 1 at 11:00 p.m., before airing on MBS on July 2. The Fuji on Demand service will exclusively stream the show in Japan.

The anime stars:

• Katsuyuki Konishi as Hank
• Ai Kakuma as Nancy Schaal Bancroft
• Yūichi Nakamura as Cain
• Mamiko Noto as Elaine
• Kaito Ishikawa as Claude
• Yōko Hikasa as Liza
• Kana Ichinose as Miglieglia
• Maaya Sakamoto as Elizabeth
• Hiroki Yasumoto as Edgar (Basilisk)
• Daisuke Hirakawa as William (Níðhöggr)
• Shinnosuke Tachibana as Daniel (Spriggan)
• Kōki Uchiyama as Theodore (Minotaur)
• Kenjiro Tsuda as Arthur (Behemoth)
• Jun Fukuyama as Christopher (Gargoyle)
• Saori Hayami as Beatrice (Siren)
• Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Roy (Garm)
• Tomokazu Sugita as Miles (Cenetaur)

Vertical Comics is publishing the manga in North America, and it describes the story:

During a protacted civil war that pitted the North against the South, the outnumbered Northerners used dark magic to create monsterous super-soldiers called Incarnates. Now that the war has ended, those Sacred Beasts must learn to make their way in a peaceful society, or face death at the hands of a Beast Hunter.
Nancy Schaal Bancroft, the daughter of an Incarnate, turns to hunting the hunter herself. But once she catches up with her quarry, she discovers hard truths about the lives of these Sacred Beasts.

Jun Shishido (storyboards and episode director for Yuri!!! on Ice, Death Parade, Banana Fish) is making his series directorial debut with this anime at MAPPA, and Shigeru Murakoshi (Zombie Land Saga) is in charge of the series scripts. Daisuke Niinuma (episode animation director for Banana Fish, Kids on the Slope) is designing the characters, and is also serving as the chief animation director. Takayuki Sano is credited for Incarnate design.

Mafumafu is performing the opening theme song "Sacrifice," and Gero×ARAKI is performing the ending theme song "HHOOWWLL."

Source: Animax Asia Facebook page via Anime Pilipinas