The production team for the television anime adaptation of Fujino Ōmori and Toshi Aoi's Wistoria: Wand and Sword (Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria) manga have revealed a new promotional video, additional cast, and theme song artist on Friday. The trailer reveals and previews the opening theme song “Fire and Fear” by Penguin Research.
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TRUE performs the ending theme song “Frozen”.
The newly announced cast includes (Note: English names have not been confirmed):
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The anime will premiere on 28 TBS networks in July and features the following stars:
Tatsuya Yoshihara (action director of Chainsaw Man) is directing the anime at Actas and Bandai Namco Pictures. Sayaka Ono (CROSS ANGE Rondo of Angel and Dragon) will design the characters and serve as animation director. Raita Sunaga, Yoshirou Harada and Ryou Akizuki were responsible for the monster designs. Hiroto Morishita is the sound director at Jinnan Studio. Yuki Hayashi (My Hero AcadeKaren) is composing music at Lantis.
Publisher Kodansha USA published the manga in English and released the seventh volume on March 12. The company describes the story:
New magical dungeon adventure fantasy series from the author of Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?! To fulfill a promise he made to his childhood friend, Will Serfort enters Regarden Academy of Magic with the goal of taking the school to the top of the magical world. There's just one problem—he doesn't know how to 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 compilation volume on Friday. ”Terminalia Arc” and the first part of the manga ended in May 2023 and had a concluding chapter in June of that year.
Source: Press release, website
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