Ishura Anime Reveals New Cast Members
A manga adaptation was launched in 2021
On Thursday, the staff for the anime based on Keiso and Kureta’s Ishura light novel series revealed two new cast members.
The new cast members are (Note: Character name romanizations are not confirmed):
Nobuhiko Okamoto as Hidow the Clamp:
Takehito Koyasu as Jelki the Swift Ink:
The anime also stars:
- Yuuki Kaji as Soujiro the Willow-Sword
- Reina Ueda as Yuno the Distant Talon
- Jun Fukuyama as Ars the Starrider
- Akio Ohtsuka as Hargent the Silencer
- Romi Park as Taren the Punished
- Sōichiro Hoshi as Dakai the Magpie
- Showtaro Morikubo as Regnejee the Sunset Wings
- Sora Amamiya as Curte the Clear Sky
- Aoi Yūki as Kia the World Word
- Mamiko Noto as Elea the Red Tag
- Rie Takahashi as Nihilo the Vortical Stampede
- Kōichi Yamadera as Shalk the Sound Slicer
The staff members include:
- Chief Director: Takeo Takahashi
- Director: Yuki Ogawa
- Scriptwriter and Supervisor: Kenta Ihara
- Assistant Directors: Takuya Asaoka, Fujiaki Asari,
- Takahiro Majima, Hironori Aoyagi
- Character Designers: Yoko Kikuchi, Yuka Takashina
- Monster Designers: Seiji Handa, Hiroya Iijima
- Mecha Designer: Kanta Suzuki
- World Designer: Tatsuya Fukushima
- Art Setting: Nobuhito Sue, Shūhei Tada
- Background Art: Kusanagi
- Art Directors: Kazuo Ogura, Yuuki Hatakeyama
- Color Key Artist: Ritsuko Utagawa
- Compositing/Photography: SANZIGEN
- Compositing Director of Photography: Mari Inoue
- Editors: Ayako Tan, Nami Niinuma
- Music: Masahiro Tokuda
- Music Production: Kadokawa
- Sound Director: Takatoshi Hamano
- Sound Effects: Katsuhiro Nakajima
- Sound Production: Magic Capsule
In 2017, the novel began the serialization on both the Shosetsuka ni Naro and Kakuyomu. Kadokawa began publishing the series in print in September 2019.
The novel series received the highest number of votes ever tallied for a light novel series in the annals of Takarajimasha’s Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (This Light Novel Is Amazing!) guidebook, which was published in 2021.
In March 2021, Meguri launched a manga adaptation in Kodansha’s Monthly Shonen Magazine.
Source: ANN
