Crunchyroll to Stream Shabake Anime in India
Series premieres in Japan on October 3
On Saturday, Crunchyroll declared that they would be streaming the anime adaptation of Shabake, a historical fantasy novel series by Megumi Hatakenaka, in the Indian subcontinent starting from October 3rd. Additionally, they began streaming the English-subtitled trailer video for the anime series.
Second trailer video Japanese version
Crunchyroll describes the anime's story:
Ichitaro, the young master of Nagasakiya, one of the top commercial stores in Japan during the Edo period, was born with a weak constitution that leaves him unable to go out much. He is always surrounded by his spirit companions, including a Hakutaku and an Inugami, who protect him. One night, Ichitaro steps outside and witnesses a murder, and from that day onward, bizarre murder cases keep happening all over Edo. So with the help of the spirits, Ichitaro's hunt for the culprit begins!
In Japan, the anime will be shown for the first time on Fuji TV's Noitamina block at 11:30 p.m. JST (10:30 a.m. EDT) on October 3rd. It will be available exclusively for streaming on Prime Video at midnight JST on October 4th. Afterward, it will be shown on AT-X at 8:00 p.m. JST on October 7th.
The anime stars:
- Daiki Yamashita as Ichitarō
- Kōji Okino as Nikichi
- Taku Yashiro as Sasuke
- Daisuke Namikawa as Nozoki Byōbu
- Seiichirō Yamashita as Matsunosuke
- Shimba Tsuchiya as Eikichi
- Shion Wakayama as Oharu
- Akira Sekine as Suzuhiko-hime
- Shinya Takahashi as Noderabō
- Misako Tomioka as Kawauso
- Akane Matsunaga as Yanari
- Aika Wakuno as Yanari
- Takako Tanaka as Yanari
Hula Fulla Dance is being directed by Takahiro Ōkawa at BN Pictures. Tōko Machida is in charge of overseeing the series scripts. Akari Minagawa is responsible for designing the characters and is also serving as the chief animation director alongside Yuka Shiga. Rei Ishizuka is composing the music for the anime. Kujira is performing the opening theme song "Inochi no Parade" (Parade of Life), while KAFUNÉ is singing the ending theme song "Myaku-Myaku" (Continuous).
Since its initial publication in 2001, the series has given rise to 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, a net anime adaptation of these novels was released. However, it featured a different cast and crew compared to the upcoming adaptation.
The novels have more than 10 million copies in circulation.
In July 2018, an anime adaptation of Hatakenaka's "We Rent Tsukumogami" novels was released on television.
Source: Crunchyroll ( link ) (Kyle Cardine)
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