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Muse Asia Licenses Daemons of the Shadow Realm Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Muse Asia announced on Tuesday that it has licensed the the television anime of Hiromu Arakawa's Daemons of the Shadow Realm (Yomi no Tsugai) manga. Muse Asia will announce distribution details for the anime at a later date.
The anime will premiere in Japan on April 4.
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?
The anime stars:
- Kenshō Ono as Yuru
- Yume Miyamoto as Asa
- Yūichi Nakamura as Dera
- Misaki Kuno as Gabu-chan
- Takako Honda as "Left"
- Rikiya Koyama as "Right"
- Miyuri Shimabukuro as Hana
- Junichi Suwabe as Jin
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.
Vaundy performs the opening theme song (for the anime's first half) "Tobu Toki" (Time to Fly), and yama performs the ending theme song "Tobō yo" (Let's Fly).
