The official website and Twitter account for the TV anime adaptation of Takahiro and Yōhei Takemura's Mato Seihei no Slave (Slave of the Magic Capital's Elite Troops) manga has released a new key visual and announced that the anime will now premiere in January 2024.
Akari Kitō will be performing the anime's opening theme song.
Crunchyroll has announced that the English title for the Mato Seihei no Slave anime is Chained Soldier.
Chained Soldier was originally set to premiere in 2023.
NEW KEY VISUAL:
1ST PV:
CAST:
Yūya Hirose as Yūki Wakura
Akari Kitō as Kyōka Uzen
Yume Miyamoto as Himari Azuma
Mari Hino as Shushu Suruga
Hina Tachibana as Nei Ōkawamura
Maaya Uchida as Tenka Izumo
Nene Hieda as Yachiho Azuma
Reina Ueda as Sahara Wakasa
Additional cast includes:
Tomori Kusunoki as Aoba Wakura
Sayaka Senbongi as Koko Zenibako
Rina Hidaka Naon Yuno
Sayaka Senbongi as Koko Zenibako
Rina Hidaka Naon Yuno
CHARACTER DESIGNS:
Junji Nishimura is the anime's general director. Gorō Kuji is directing the anime at Seven Arcs. Yasuhiro Nakanishi is handling the series composition. Ryōta Kanō and Akira Kindaichi are writing the script. Hiroyuki Yoshii is designing the characters. Kaoru Nishimura is in charge of color design.
TEASER VISUAL:
In Mato Seihei no Slave, a dimension known as Mato has opened and introduced a grave threat to humanity. The only hope lies in a unique type of peach tree, the fruit of which can grant special powers to women. The story kicks off when a boy named Yuki Wakura meets one of those women, Captain of the 7th Anti-Demon Squad Kyoka Uzen.