by Kana Hanazawa, Satoshi Hino, Yuzuka Nukui, and Natsumi Fujiwara will appear in the TV anime “Niehime and the King of the Beasts” to be broadcast in 2023. The main staff has also been revealed, and the teaser PV and first key visual have also been released.
Hanazawa will play the main character, Sarifi, and Hino will play Leonhart, the king of the demons. Nukui is in charge of the demon Kuku, who takes care of Sariphi, and Fujiwara is in charge of the demon Lopus, just like Kuku.
The work is based on a shoujo manga by Yui Tomofuji serialized in Hana to Yume (published by Hakusensha) from 2015 to 2020.
A human girl Sarifi accepts the fate of being offered as the 99th sacrifice to the king of the demons, and she becomes the king’s wife, and she aims for a symbiosis between humans and demons with the king of the demons, Leonhart. In commemoration of the TV animation from “Hana to Yume” No. 18 released on August 20th, Mr. Tomofuji’s “~ Sacrifice Princess and the King of Beasts Spin-off ~ Hakuto to The serialization of “The King of Beasts” has also started.
In the teaser PV, along with the voices of Sarifi and Leonhart, an impressive encounter scene between the two that transcends the races of humans and demons is recorded. In addition, Leonhart’s trusted prime minister, Anubis, the demon king’s guard captain, Jormungand, the princess of the reptilian clan, Amit, and Sarifi’s childhood friend, Ilya, attack Leonhart.
The director is Chiaki Kon of Theatrical version Sailor Moon Eternal'', the series composition is Kiyoshi Mizukami ofTo Aru Kagaku no Railgun”, the character design is Shinya Hasegawa, the sound director is Hitoshi Aketagawa, and the music is KOHTA. YAMAMOTO is in charge. Animation production is handled by J.C.STAFF.
The key visual features the main characters such as Anubis, Jormungand, and Amit along with Sariphi, Leonhart, and Kuku & Lopus, with the royal tree of the demon country “Ozmargo” in the background.
An official YouTube channel has also been opened. As the first project, a video of a conversation between Hanazawa and Hino has been released.
