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Daemons of the Shadow Realm Anime's Trailer Reveals More Staff, April 2026 Premiere

Crunchyroll revealed during its panel at New York Comic Con on Thursday that the anime adaptation of Hiromu Arakawa's Daemons of the Shadow Realm (Yomi no Tsugai) manga will debut in April 2026 and will air for two consecutive cours (quarters of a year). The company streamed an English-subtitled trailer, which also unveils more staff:

Masahiro Andō (Sword of the Stranger) is directing the anime at Bones Film. Noboru Takagi (Kingdom seasons 3-6, Golden Kamuy first four seasons) is overseeing the series scripts, and Nobuhiro Arai (Bungo Stray Dogs) is designing the characters and serving as chief animation director. Kenichiro Suehiro (Golden Kamuy, Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- franchises) is composing the music.

Additional staff includes:

• Daemon Design: Kōji Sugiura, Yoshiyuki Itō
• Color Setting: Yukari Goto
• Art Director: Tatsurō Ōnishi
• Art Setting: Shūhei Tada, Nariyuki Ogi
• CG Director: Mizuki Sasaki
• Composite Director: Eiei Chō
• Editor: Ayumu Takahashi
• Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
• Sound Effects: Kōsuke Ogata

Crunchyroll will stream the anime first.

Square Enix Manga & Books is releasing the manga in English, and it describes the story:

In a remote mountain village under the watchful eyes of two stone guardians, the young Yuru contentedly lives off the land while staying close to the only family he has left—Asa, his precious twin sister. Asa, meanwhile, carries out a mysterious “duty” on behalf of the village while locked in a cage. Why is Asa a prisoner? And what other secrets does Yuru's otherwise idyllic home hide?

Arakawa (Fullmetal Alchemist, Silver Spoon) launched the manga in Square Enix's Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine in December 2021. Square Enix published the manga's 10th compiled book volume on July 11.

Source: Email correspondence