The Tale of the Outcasts anime has received a new visual, as well as new information on additional cast . The anime will premiere in January 2023 and will be animated by Ashi Productions. 315p2m
The additional cast includes Risa Imayanagi as Diana, Junichi Suwabe as Naberius, Ryutaro Okiayu as Commander, Kentaro Kumagai as Takenami, Yu Kobayashi as Astaroth, Chitose Morinaga as Molly, and Karin Oda as Harriet. Previously-announced cast include Ayana Taketatsu as Wisteria, Katsuyuki Konishi as Marbs, and Ryota Osaka as Snow.
Yasutaka Yamamoto is directing the anime, while Kenichi Yamashita is on the series composition. Mina Osawa is doing the character design, while Kanta Suzuki is on the monster design. Meanwhile, Kenichi Yamashita, Sayaka Harada, and Yasutaka Yamamoto are writing the scripts.
The Tale of the Outcasts is based on a fantasy manga written and illustrated by akoto Hoshino. It was serialized in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shonen Sunday from August 2019 to April 2021. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga in English and describes the plot as:
This is the story of Wisteria, an orphaned girl lost in darkness, and Marbas, an immortal being who shares her loneliness. The unlikely companions met on a quiet, uneventful night, and they set off together in search of the light. What begins as a chance meeting on the edge of the late nineteenth-century British Empire soon became a full-fledged journey to find their place in the world.
Source: Official Twitter
©Makoto Hoshino, Shogakukan / “The Tale of the Outcasts” Production Committee