Crunchryolls released a brand new trailer for the upcoming anime series Orient, showcasing the personalities and motivations of the new shining heroes.
Crunchyroll has released a new trailer for the Orient anime, introducing the series’ new heroes.
The trailer mainly focuses on the two main characters of the anime, revealing their personalities and personal goals. The main hero of the new series is Musashi, a strong-willed teenager who idolizes the samurai of the era, and is voiced by Yuma Uchida (Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Jujutsu Kaisen). The other protagonist of the series, Kojiro Kanemaki, is the son of a samurai despised by his homeland, and is voiced by Soma. An anime adaptation of Shinobu Ohtaka’s shonen manga is slated to premiere as part of the 2022 winter anime.
Uchida and Saito stars several other veteran voice actors, including Rie Takahashi Satoshi Hino, Hiro Shimono, and Azumi Waki.
Orient is set in an alternate version of Japan’s Sengoku period, where the country was ruled by demons. The story follows Musashi as he tries to confront the demons using his unique special powers. The manga was first serialized in Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine in May 2018 before moving to Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine earlier this year.
Animation studio ACGT (Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks?, Minami Kamakura High School Girls Cycling Club) is producing the series with Tetsuya Yanagisawa (Heaven’s Lost Property the Movie: The Angeloid of Clockwork) act as director. Mariko Kunisawa (Ascendance of a Bookworm, Zenmai Zamurai) is supervising the series composition, Hideyuki Fukasawa (Fate / Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works, You’re Under Arrest: Full Throttle) is composing the music, and Takahiro is designing the songs. character.
Orient is scheduled to be released around January 2022. Other anime series scheduled to premiere in 2022 are Girls’ Frontline, Love After World Domination, Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury, Saiyuki Reload ZEROIN and The Executioner and Her Way of Life.
