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Muse Asia Licenses Scum of the Brave, Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling Anime

Muse Asia announced on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday that it has licensed the Scum of the Brave, Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling, and Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Otona e no Kaidan (Kaguya-sama: Love is War - Stairway to Adulthood) anime .Muse Asia will announce distribution details for the anime at a later date.

The television anime of writer Rocket Shokai and artist Nakashima723's Scum of the Brave (Yūsha no Kuzu) manga will premiere in Japan on January 10.

Manga Planet is publishing the manga in English digitally, and it describes the story:

In an alternate 21st century, rich mafia members can turn into "Demon Kings" through increasingly popular ether-enhancement surgery, and the bounty hunters called "Braves" are the ones called upon to take them down. Yashiro only wants the simple pleasures in life - pizza, beer, and card games. When three young Braves offer him a majestic sum to be their private tutor, he agrees solely for the money - but is it worth what he's getting himself into?

Ryōta Suzuki plays the lead character Shinigami Yashiro,  Akari Kitō plays Aki Jogamine, and Momo Harumi plays Yukine Indō. Yumiri Hanamori is voicing Sara Kashiwagi Pendragon, a second-year student at the academy. Other cast members include:

• Hinata Tadokoro as Salt Joe
• Daisuke Hirakawa as Ongakuya Ishinō
• Yasuhiro Takato as Moguri no Maruta

Shinji Ushiro is directing the anime at OLM. Yoichi Kato is writing and overseeing the series scripts, Rika Murakami is designing the characters, and Kenichiro Suehiro is composing the music. 

Other staff members include:

• Color Key Artist: Naoto Kondō
• Art Director: Kazuhiro Inoue
• Compositing Director of Photography: Tsunetaka Ema
• Editing: Naoki Watanabe
• Sound Director: Takahiro Enomoto

Singer TOOBOE is performing the opening theme song "Gun Powder," and singer Mulasaki Ima is performing the ending theme song "Mental Rental."

The television anime of storywriter Nekoko and illustrator NAJI yanagida's Reincarnated as a Dragon Hatchling (Tensei Shitara Dragon no Tamago Datta: Saikyō Igai Mezasanee) light novel series will premiere in Japan on January 10.

Seven Seas Entertainment is releasing both the light novel series and RIO's manga adaptation in English, and it describes the story:

In a world full of dangerous monsters, our unnamed protagonist finds himself reborn at the very bottom of the food chain as an immobile, powerless egg. Even just hatching will require leveling up by fighting monsters–the same monsters who'd love to eat him as a snack. But with the help of the mysterious voice in his head, he's determined to grow into the most powerful creature in the world!

The anime will star:

• Shunichi Toki as Illusia
• Ami Koshimizu as Divine Voice
• Miku Itō as Myria
• Rie Kugimiya as Marielle
• Tomori Kusunoki as Black Lizard

Yūta Takamura (chief director for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable, episode director for Chihayafuru) is directing the anime at GA-CREW and Felix Film. Nobuyoshi Arai (episode director for Banana Fish, Vinland Saga (TV 2), Yuri!!! on Ice) is the assistant director and Tatsuhiko Urahata (Hi Score Girl, Haganai, Baki Hanma) is overseeing the series scripts. Hiroyasu Oda is the monster designer, and Masahito Onoda is the character designer. Kō Ōtani (Shakugan no Shana, Dahlia in Bloom: Crafting a Fresh Start With Magical Tools) is composing the music at IMAGINE, and Tsuyoshi Takahashi is the sound director.

Sizuk performs the anime's opening theme song "Gliding Claw," while virtual singers TAO and SAK perform the ending theme song "Sky Clipper."

Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: Otona e no Kaidan (The Steps to Become an Adult), the new television special for the anime of Aka Akasaka's Kaguya-sama: Love is War manga, will premierein Japan on December 31.

The special will have returning cast and staff members from the anime series. Masayuki Suzuki feat. Aoi Koga will perform the special's theme song "Abunai Kioku" (Dangerous Memory).

Mamoru Hatakeyama is again directing the special at A-1 Pictures. Yūko Yahiro is returning to design the characters, and Kei Haneoka is back to compose the music.

Returning cast members for the special include: 

• Aoi Koga as Kaguya Shinomiya
• Makoto Furukawa as Miyuki Shirogane
• Konomi Kohara as Chika Fujiwara
• Ryōta Suzuki as Yū Ishigami
• Miyu Tomita as Miko Iino
• Yumiri Hanamori as Ai Hayasaka
• Yutaka Aoyama as Narrator

Viz Media is publishing Aka Akasaka's original manga in English, and it describes the story:

All's fair when love is war!
Two geniuses. Two brains. Two hearts. One battle. Who will confess their love first…?!
Kaguya Shinomiya and Miyuki Shirogane are two geniuses who stand atop their prestigious academy's student council, making them the elite among elite. But it's lonely at the top and each has fallen for the other. There's just one huge problem standing in the way of lovey-dovey bliss—they're both too prideful to be the first to confess their romantic feelings and thus become the “loser” in the competition of love! And so begins their daily schemes to force the other to confess first!

The first television anime of Aka Akasaka's Kaguya-sama: Love is War manga premiered in January 2019 and aired for 12 episodes. Kaguya-sama: Love is War Season 2 premiered in April 2020 and aired for 12 episodes. Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai -Ultra Romantic-, the series' third season, premiered in April 2022. Muse Asia streamed the first two seasons in a marathon catchup immediately prior to streaming the third season as it aired in Japan.

Kaguya-sama: Love is War -The First Kiss That Never Ends- (Kaguya-sama wa Kokurasetai: First Kiss wa Owaranai), the anime film adapting the Kaguya-sama: Love is War manga's story arc of the same name, opened in Japan in December 2022. Muse Asia screened the film theatrically in various Southeast Asian territories in 2023.

Source: Muse Asia's Facebook page (link 2, link 3)