Hirose, Shiono, original manga editors will hold a workshop on July 5 at AX
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©Etorouji Shiono/SQUARE ENIX, Ubel Blatt Production Consortium
Pony Canyon announced on Thursday that Yūya Hirose will play Köinzell in the television anime adaptation of Etorouji Shiono's dark fantasy manga Übel Blatt.
Pony Canyon also announced that Hirose and Shiono will both be attending Anime Expo and will be panelists alongside the original manga editor at a live drawing session with original creator Etrouji Shiono and a talk session. with VA Yūya Hirose” at Anime Expo on July 5.
Pony Canyon describes the story of the anime:
Rumors stirred throughout the land: when the black sword wielder drew his dark blade, all those who stood in its way were torn to pieces…! There's no denying Köinzell, the mysterious young man who wields the black sword, wields it with exceptional skill, but is he really responsible for the bloody rumors? Pursued by traitors, four powerful warriors were said to be defeated by the Seven Heroes, the young swordsman's strength will be tested to the limit. When the battle is over, only the shocking truth of Köinzell's mission stands above the corpses of his enemies… An epic fantasy on the grandest scale!
Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine began serializing Shiono's Übel Blatt manga in 2004. In 2011, a spinoff manga titled Übel Blatt Gaiden was serialized in Young Gangan Big, a spinoff of Young Gangan. After a two-year hiatus, the main series returned to Big Gangan magazine in 2011. The 23rd and final compiled book volume was published in Japan in June 2019. Yen Press released the entire series Übel Blatt in English.
Shiono launched a manga sequel titled Übel Blatt II: The Knights of the Deceased King (Übel Blatt II: Shiseru Ō no Kishidan) in Square Enix's Monthly Big Gangan magazine on February 24.
Source: Press release
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