The Chained Soldier anime adaptation will begin airing in Japan on January 4, 2024, it has been revealed.
Chained Soldier is based on the dark fantasy action manga published by Shueisha by Takahiro and Youhei Takemura, which began serialization on Shonen Jump+ in 2019 and has 14 tankoubon volumes as of October 2023. Granted by HIDIVE licensed the anime and premiered the first two episodes on November 17, 2023 at Anime NYC.
HIDIVE describes the anime’s plot as follows:
Two supernatural forces appear simultaneously on Earth: the entrance to another dimension called Mato and Peaches, resources that give unique abilities to women. From Mato comes Yomotsu Shuuki, dangerous monsters that leave destruction in their wake. The government’s anti-demon corps fights these creatures, recruiting women empowered by Peaches to face the terrible threat. Yuuki Wakura watches these forces clash from afar, but when he unexpectedly encounters Yomotsu Shuuki, he is rescued by Kyouka Uzen, head of the Seventh Unit of the Anti-Demon Corps—and she sees something You can change the situation. wave of monster invasion. Yuki holds unique powers that help Peaches function more effectively, but he will have to become Kyoka’s willing slave to join the fight against Yomotsu Shuuki and save the world.
The manga is published in English by Yen Press.
Staff
→ Director: Goro Kuji (Bungo to Alchemist Assistant Director)
Director topic: Junji Nishimura→ Composer: KOHTA YAMAMOTO (Co-wrote the final part of Attack on Titan)
à Animation production: SevenArcs
Performer
Yuuya Hirose as Yuki Wakura
Akari Kitou as Kyoka Uzen
Yume Miyamoto as Himari Azuma
Mari Hino as Shushu Suruga
Hina Tachibana as Nei Ookawamura
• Maaya Uchida as Tenka Izumo
→ Nene Hieda as Yachiho Azuma
à Reina Ueda as Sahara Wakasa
Tomori Kusunoki role of Mysterious Woman
• Sayaka Senbongi as Coco Zenibako
Rina Hidaka as Naon Yuno
Source: @mabotai_kohobu