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Ani-One Asia Licenses The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Ani-One Asia announced on Friday that it has licensed the television anime of Nana Mikoshiba's The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World (Hyо̄ken no Majutsushi ga Sekai wo Suberu - Sekai Saikyо̄ no Majutsushi de Aru Shо̄nen wa, Majutsu Gakuin ni Nyūgaku Suru) light novel series. It will announce distribution details at a later date.
The series will premiere in Japan on January 5.
Kodansha USA Publishing licensed the manga, and it describes the story:
The Arnold Academy of Magic is a school for the elite...and Ray White is just your ordinary guy. In fact, he doesn't seem particularly skilled with magic at all, and is a bit of a klutz. Which is why he has nothing to do with the rumor that one of the great magicians, the Iceblade Sorcerer, is a member of the incoming class...right?
The cast members are:
- Junya Enoki as Ray White
- Iori Saeki as Amelia Rose
- Nana Harumura as Elisa Griffith
- Azumi Waki as Rebecca Bradley
- Kaede Hondo as Clarisse Cleveland
- Akira Sekine as Ariane Olgren
- Atsumi Tanezaki as Lydia Ainsworth
- Nanako Mori as Abby Garnet
- Maaya Uchida as Carol Caroline
- Yuichiro Umehara as Evi Armstrong
Masahiro Takata (High-Rise Invasion, Ganbare! Odenkun) is directing the anime at Cloud Hearts, supervising the series scripts, and directing the sound. Makoto Shimojima (Kingdom) is designing the characters.
Ayumi Kojima (Studio Recess) is directing the art, and Natsumi Uchida is the compositing director of photography. Natsumi Tabuchi (Aggretsuko, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!, The Quintessential Quintuplets) is composing the music. Yokohama Animation Lab is supervising the animation production.
Maaya Uchida performs the anime's ending song "Loudhaler."
