The staff for the new TV animation, Ishura, have confirmed that the show will premiere on January 3, 2024. The anime will air in Japan on channels TOKYO MX, BS Nippon Corporation, and KBS Kyoto while streaming on Disney Plus worldwide on the same day. Kadokawa’s YouTube channel and ABEMA will also stream the show, albeit a week later, starting on January 10.
The show’s official website has also released some of the anime’s key visuals and confirmed some of the staff and cast. Takahashi Takeo (Hinako Note, The Island of Giant Insects) will be the chief director, and Ogawa Yuki (FLCL Progressive, Mieruko-chan) will be directing the anime at Passione.
The main cast includes:
- Kaji Yuuki as Soujiro, the Willow-Sword
- Ueda Reina as Yuno, the Distant Talon
- Fukuyama Jun as Alus, the Star Runner
- Ohtsuka Akio as Harghent, the Still
- Park Romi as Taren, the Punished
- Hoshi Souichiro as Dakai, the Magpie
- Morikubo Showtaro as Regnejee, the Wings of Sunset
- Amamiya Sora as Curte of the Fair Skies
- Yuuki Aoi as Kia, the World Word
- Noto Mamiko as Elea, the Red Tag
- Takahashi Rie as Nihilo, the Vortical Stampede
- Yamadera Kouichi as Shalk, the Sound Slicer
- Okamoto Nobuhiko as Hidow, the Clamp
- Koyasu Takehito as Jelki, the Swift Ink
- Sugita Tomokazu as Higuare, the Pelagic
- Hanamori Yumiri as Lana, the Moon Tempest
- Miki Shinichiro as Kuze, the Passing Disaster
- Horie Yui as Nastique, the Quiet Singer
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The anime is based on the light novels by Keiso and illustrated by Kureta (Ihoujin, Dungeon ni Moguru and Maou 2099), which began serialisation in 2017. The novels were first shown on the Shousetsuka ni Narou and Kakuyomu websites, and in 2019, Kadokawa began publishing the series in print. The novels also inspired a manga adaptation by Meguri, which launched in March 2021 in Kodansha’s Monthly Shonen magazine.
In a world where the Demon King has died, a host of demigods capable of felling him have inherited the world: a master fencer who can figure out how to take out their opponent with a single glance, a lancer so swift they can break the sound barrier; a wyvern rogue who fights with three legendary weapons at once; an all-powerful wizard who can speak thoughts into being; and an angelic assassin who deals instant death. Eager to attain the title of “One True Hero,” these champions pursue challenges against formidable foes and spark conflicts. The battle to determine the mightiest of the mighty begins.
