A TV anime adaptation of Yuri Kitayama's isekai fantasy light novel series Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles is now in the works. its broadcast date is not yet determined at this time.
Osamu Yamasaki (Hakuouki series) is confirmed to serve as director/series composition writer at TMS Entertainment (Lupin The Third, Detective Conan). The anime's official website has already been launched and started streaming a 60-second teaser PV to introduce its main characters in the anime world.
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The novel was first posted on a Japanese user-generated novel publishing website Shousetsuka ni Narou in 2014 and its print edition has been published from Hobby Japan's HJ Bunko imprint since October 2015 and has released 17 volumes, printing more than 1.2 million copies. Its TV anime adaptation will be produced as the imprint's 15th-aniversary project.
The novel's English edition has been digitally released by J-Novel Club since August 2018. The publisher introduces its first volume's synopsis as below.
Meet Rio: a callous orphaned boy living in the slums. At only 7-years-old, he realizes he’s actually the reincarnation of Haruto Amakawa, a Japanese university student with a tragic past. While still reeling from this shocking epiphany, Rio also comes to learn that he possesses extremely potent magical abilities and uses his new powers to solve the kidnapping case of a little girl. His good deed is acknowledged, and he’s rewarded by being enrolled into… a prestigious academy for noble children...?
TV anime main voice cast:
- Rio/Haruto Amakawa: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
- Rio (childhood): Ayaka Suwa
- Celia Claire: Akane Fujita
- Aisia: Yuuki Kuwahara
- Latifa: Tomori Kusunoki
- Miharu Ayase: Sayaka Harada
- Christina Beltrum: Sayumi Suzushiro
- Flora Beltrum: Kaede Hondo
- Roana Fontina: Sayaka Kaneko
- Alfred Emal: Kenji Hamada
- Sharuru Arvou: Atsushi Tamaru
- Reis Wolff: Kouji Yusa
- Liselotte Cretia: Nao Toyama
- Sara: Hiroyi Nitta
- Orphia: Yukina Shutou
- Alma: Asuka Nishi
Source: TV anime "Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles" official website / Twitter
©Yuri Kitayama, Hobby Japan/"Seirei Gensouki" Production Committee
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