Kodoani.com – The official website for the anime adaptation of the manga by writer Takahiro and artist Yōhei Takemura is Chained Soldier (Mato Seihei no Slave or literally, Slave of the Magic Capital’s Elite Troops) revealed the staff, character designs, and anime that will premiere 2023 on Saturday.
Junji Nishimura (Ranma ½) is the anime’s general director. Gorō Kuji (Bungo and Alchemist -Gears of Judgment-) is directing the anime at Seven Arcs (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, White Album, Trinity Seven). Yasuhiro Nakanishi (Kaguya-sama: Love is War) is directing the series. Ryōta Kanō and Akira Kindaichi (Bakugan Battle Planet) are writing the script. Hiroyuki Yoshii is designing the characters. Kaoru Nishimura is in charge of the color design.
Yūya Hirose and Akari Kitō will be voicing the anime’s main characters, respectively, as Yūki Wakura (top left) and Kyōka Uzen (top right).
Other members include:
Yume Miyamoto as Himari Azuma
Mari Hino as Shushu Suruga
Hina Tachibana as Nei Ōkawamura
Maaya Uchida as Tenka Izumo, the captain of Team 6
Nene Hieda as Yachiho Azuma, Himari’s younger sister and executive director of Squad 6
Reina Ueda as Sahara Wakasa, the carefree member of Squad 6
The fantasy battle story is set in a world where a demonic portal has unleashed monsters known as Shūki. A special peach tree that can grant special powers, but only for girls. The story begins when a lucky boy named Yūki Wakura meets Uzen Kyōka, a girl who has gained the power of peaches, and is the captain of Team 7 Against Demons.
Takahiro and Takemura launched the manga on Shueisha’s Shonen Jump + manga website in January 2019. Shueisha published the manga’s tenth compiled book volume on May 2 and will publish the 11th volume on May 2. 9.
Takahiro and Tetsuya Tashiro ended Akame ga KILL! manga in December 2017. The manga launched in 2010 in Square Enix’s monthly Gangan Joker magazine. The prequel, Akame ga KILL! ZERO, premiered in 2013 and ended with the 10th episode. Takahiro and strelka debut Hinowa ga CRUSH! manga in June 2017. Yen Press is publishing all three titles in English.
Via: Kodoani.com