Special with recap, interview, event will air on Sunday
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The official website for the television anime adaptation of Fujino Ōmori and Toshi Aoi's Wistoria: Wand and Sword (Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria) manga announced on Sunday that the anime's fourth episode will not air next Sunday, July 28. The episode had already been delayed by a week to August 4.
Instead, the anime will air a special narrated by comedians Nobuko and Kaneko Kyonchi from the comedy trio Party-chan on July 28. The special will feature a summary of the story so far, interviews with composer Yuki Hayashi, and footage of the main cast appearing at a preview screening of the anime's first episode.
The anime premiered on TBS and 27 affiliated channels on July 28. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime as it airs in Japan. Crunchyroll also released an English dub on July 21.
Tatsuya Yoshihara (action director for Chainsaw Man) is directing the anime at Actas and Bandai Namco Pictures. Sayaka Ono (CROSS ANGE Rondo of Angel and Dragon) is designing the characters and serving as chief animation director. Raita Sunaga, Yoshirou Harada, and Ryou Akizuki are designing the monsters. Hiroto Morishita is the sound director at Jinnan Studio. Yuki Hayashi (My Hero AcadeKaren) is composing the music at Lantis.
Kodansha USA publishes the manga in English and released the seventh volume on March 12. The company describes the story:
A magical new dungeon-crawling fantasy adventure from the author of Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?! To fulfill a promise to his childhood friend, Will Serfort enters Regarden Academy of Magic with the goal of bringing the school to the pinnacle of the magical world. There's just one problem—he can't use magic! Could the seemingly ordinary sword in his hand be the key to unlocking his true potential?
Ōmori (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?) and Aoi launched the manga in Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in December 2020. Kodansha published the manga's 10th compiled book volume on June 7, 2023. “Terminalia Arc” and the first part of the manga ended in May 2023 and had its epilogue in June of that year.
Source: Wistoria: Wand and Sword website and X/Twitter account
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