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King's Raid Anime Reveals More Cast, Staff
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official website for King's Raid: Ishi o Tsugumono-tachi (Heirs of the Will), the television anime of South Korean developer Vespa's King's Raid smartphone RPG app, revealed additional cast and staff members for the anime on Monday.
The newly announced cast members include:
- Takuma Terashima as Clause
- Shun Horie as Theo
- Ryōtarō Okiayu as Dominicus
- Kentarō Itō as Marduk
- Masaya Matsukaze as Kyle
- Sakura Nakamura as Maria
- Mitsuki Nakae as Scarlet
- Mika Kanda as Demia
- Emi Hirayama as Lorraine
- Juri Nagatsuma as Selene
- Takako Tanaka as Ophelia
- Moe Toyota as Jane
- Yūki Takada as Reina
- Riho Iida as Elise
The newly announced staff members include:
- Art Director: Shigemi Ikeda, Yukiko Maruyama
- Color Design: Makiko Kojima
- Director of Photography: Takeshi Hirooka
- Editing: Naoki Watanabe
- Sound Director: Takatoshi Hamano
The television anime will premiere this fall, and will tell a new story. Ryōta Suzuki and Yoshino Nanjō star in the anime as original characters Rihito and Lupine. The previously announced cast includes:
- Kaito Ishikawa as Kasel
- Ai Kakuma as Frey
- Ari Ozawa as Cleo
- Kengo Kawanishi as Roi
Makoto Hoshino (Utano☆Princesama Revolutions, DamePri Anime Caravan) is directing the anime at OLM and Sunrise Beyond, and Megumi Shimizu (Butlers x Battlers, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!) is in charge of the series scripts. Tatsuya Arai is serving as character designer and chief animation director, and Yū Yoshiyama is designing the monsters. Masahiro Tokuda (Last Hope, Sengoku Basara: End of Judgement) is composing the music.
The game is a real-time 3D battle role-playing game that has topped 13 million downloads worldwide since launching on September 19, 2016. The story is set in a world of sword and sorcery a century after King Kairu of Orvelia defeated the demon king Angumundo. The squire Kasel lives in these peaceful times. However, Kasel's destiny is set in motion when he hears of the demons reappearing on his land. Guided by a great wise man, Kasel embarks on an adventure with his companions to drive back the darkness threatening his once peaceful land and become the Chosen Warrior of the Holy Sword Aea.
Sources: King's Raid: Ishi o Tsugumono-tachi anime's website, MoCa News
