Shabake TV Anime's 1st Promo Video Reveals More Cast & Staff, Opening Song, October Debut...
Kōji Okino, Taku Yashiro join anime's cast
On Sunday, the official site for the TV anime adaptation of Megumi Hatakenaka's Shabake historical fantasy novel series released its first promotional video. This video provided additional information about the cast, staff, and opening theme song "Inochi no Parade" (Parade of Life) by Kujira . Furthermore, it was announced that the anime will premiere in Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block in October.
The anime's staff also posted the first key visual:
The newly announced cast members are:
Kōji Okino as Nikichi
Taku Yashiro as Sasuke
The newly announced staff members include:
- Sub-Character Design/Chief Animation Director: Yuka Shiga
- Yōkai Design: Tetsurō Nireki
- Prop Design: Yurika Konuma , Nana Koinuma , Nanami Hakoda , Chie Saito , Starroid
- Art Director/Art Setting: Masahiro Satō
- Color Key Artist: Fumi Matsuotake
- Compositing Director of Photography: Yōichi Ōgami
- Editing: Kazuhiro Nii
- Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta
The anime will have two advance screenings of its first four episodes on August 23 in Tokyo.
Daiki Yamashita will star in the anime as Ichitarō.
Takahiro Ōkawa (unit director for Hula Fulla Dance , Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari both seasons) is directing the anime at BN Pictures . Tōko Machida ( Lucky Star , Smile Down the Runway ) is overseeing the series scripts, Akari Minagawa ( The Perfect Prince Loves Me, the Side Character?! ) is designing the characters and is also the chief animation director along with Shiga, and Rei Ishizuka ( Ayakashi Triangle , The Orbital Children ) is composing the music.
Since its initial publication in 2001, the series has produced multiple sequel novels. Additionally, it has inspired two live-action TV shows, manga, radio plays, stage plays, stage musicals, and picture books. In July 2021, an anime adaptation of the novels was released online. Although this anime had a different cast and crew compared to the upcoming adaptation, it is still based on the same source material.
The novels have more than 10 million copies in circulation.
In July 2018, an anime adaptation of Hatakenaka's manga series "We Rent Tsukumogami" was released on television.
Sources: Shabake anime's website ( link ) , Comic Natalie ( link )
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