Five new voice cast members will be joining the dubbing for the upcoming second season of Ishura. The series is scheduled to return to air in January 2025.
The new cast joining the film includes:
• Nao Toyama as Linaris the Obsidian • Daisuke Ono as Toroa the Awful • Ayumu Murase as Mestelexil the Box of Despair • Kujira as Kiyazuna the Axle • Megumi Ogata as Hiroto the Paradox
Meanwhile, the anime's main voice cast includes:
• Yuki Kaji as Soujiro the Willow-Sword • Reina Ueda as Yuno the Distant Talon • Aoi Yuki as Kia the World Word • Mamiko Noto as Elea the Red Tag • Romi Park as Taren the Punished • Koichi Yamadera as Shalk the Sound Slicer • Miku Ito as Cuneigh the Wanderer • Rikiya Koyama as Mele the Horizon's Roar
Takeo Takahashi (Wasteful Days of High School Girls) is the series' chief director, with Yuki Ogawa (Mieruko-chan) as director, Kenta Ihara (The Marginal Service) as series scriptwriter and series director, Yoko Kikuchi (Kuroko's Basket) and Yuka Takashina (Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha) as character designers, and Masahiro Tokuda (Platinum End) as composer. Passione is in charge of animation production for the series, while Sanzigen is providing CG animation support.
Other staff members include Kazuo Ogura (The Finale of Attack on Titan) and Yuki Hatakeyama (The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes) as art directors, Seiji Handa (Yu-Gi-Oh: Arc-V main monster designer) and Hiroya Iijima (Mazinger-Z: Infinity character designer) as monster designers, and Kanta Suzuki (Regalia: The Three Sacred Stars) as mechanical designer. Takuya Asaoka (Immoral Guild Director), Fujiaki Asari (Love Flops), Takahiro Majima (Mieruko-chan), and Hironori Aoyagi (Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World) are assistant directors.
Hulu is currently streaming Ishura in the United States and on Disney+ in other countries and territories.
The series originally began as a web novel by Keiso, which began serialization in Kakuyomu and Shousetsuka ni Narou on June 30, 2017. It was later published by ASCII Media Works as a light novel series with illustrations by Kureta on September 17, 2019, published under the Dengeki no Shinbungei label. Nine volumes have been released as of February 2024.
The light novel series also inspired a manga adaptation by Meguri on March 5, 2021 and is currently serialized in Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Magazine.
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This light novel series is also the first ranked title in the novel/tankoubon category of This Light Novel is Amazing 2021.
Yen Press released the Ishura light novels in English and describes the main story as follows:
In a world where the Demon King is dead, a host of demigods capable of defeating him have inherited the world. A master swordsman who can strike down opponents with a single glance; a spearman so fast he can break the sound barrier; a wyvern rogue who fights with three legendary weapons at once; an omnipotent wizard who can turn thoughts into reality; an angelic assassin who inflicts instant death. Eager to claim the title of “True Hero,” each of these champions pursues challenges against formidable foes and sparks conflict between them. The battle to determine the strongest of the mighty begins.
Source: Ishura Official Anime Twitter
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