The anime revealed the second image
The official website for the television anime adaptation of Shinobu Takayama's Haigakura manga announced on Friday that the anime will premiere this fall. The website also debuted the anime's second teaser image:
Image via Comic Natalie
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The story was set in a secluded world where gods and humans both resided. A young man named Ichiyō sets out to capture the gods who have fled and scattered throughout the kingdom. Along with his subordinate god Tenkō, Ichiyō searches for four evil gods who hold the key to the kingdom's downfall.
The anime's cast includes:
Takeo Ōtsuka as IchiyōImage via Haigakura anime website
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Kaito Ishikawa as TenkōImage via Haigakura anime website
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Lynn as HakushurinImage via Haigakura anime website
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Hiro Shimono as Ransaiwa Image via Haigakura anime website
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Satoshi Hino as SontōImage via Haigakura anime website
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Junichi Yamamoto (Armor Shop for Ladies and Gentlemen, More Than a Married Couple, But Not Lovers, Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion) is directing the anime at Typhoon Graphics. Yū Murai (Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion scripts for episodes 3, 5, 7, 10-11) is responsible for writing the series' scripts. Masaki Satō (Slam Dunk, Ultimate Muscle, Record of Ragnarok) designed the characters. Yuki Kurihara (Dropkick on My Devil!) is composing the music.
Takayama began serializing the manga in Ichijinsha's Zero-Sum Ward magazine in 2008. After the magazine ceased publication in 2015, the manga continued to be released on the Zero-Sum Online service as the series' longest-running serialization. Takayama. Ichijinsha has published 16 volumes to date with over 1.3 million copies in circulation (including digital copies).
Takayama's Amatsuki manga was also adapted into a television anime in 2008.
Source: Haigakura anime website, Natalie Manga