The TV anime Devils’ Crest, based on the novel series by Sword Art Online creator Reki Kawahara, premiered on November 6. According to a new interview published on the anime’s official website, the series will run for two consecutive cours.
In the interview, Kawahara and director Shinji Ushiro discuss the story’s world and new elements added to the anime that were not included in the original novels.
Key Visual:
CAST:
Haruka Shiraishi as Yuma Ashihara
Konomi Inagaki as Sawa Ashihara
Yuya Hirose as Kenji Kondo
Satomi Amano as Minagi Sano
Yusuke Kobayashi as Teruki Sugamo
Maaya Uchida as Aria Misono
Rie Murakawa as Kai Kisanuki
Sora Amamiya as Sumika Watamaki
Atsushi Tamaru as Shin Haizaki
Ayumu Murase as Kakeru Niki
STAFF:
Based on a story “Demons’ Crest” written by: Reki Kawahara (Published by Dengeki Bunko/KADOKAWA)
Illustrated by: Yukiko Horiguchi
Chief Director: Shinji Ushiro
Director: Kenichiro Komaya
Series Composition: Eiji Umehara Character Design: Yukiko Horiguchi Music: Yuki Hayashi Naoyuki Chikatani
Animation Production: Production I.G
Devils’ Crest is based on the novel by Reki Kawahara, the author of Sword Art Online. The story follows a death game set in an isolated world, where the full-sensory VRMMO-RPG “Actual Magic” merges with reality.
Yen Press publishes the official English edition of the light novels and describes the story as follows:
Sixth-grader Yuuma Ashihara and his twin sister, Sawa, are playing Actual Magic , a brand-new virtual reality MMORPG, when it suddenly begins fusing with the real world. Amid all the chaos and confusion, it becomes clear that death is lurking around every corner, including when Yuuma runs into his classmate Sumika. Before, she was one of the cutest girls in his class, but she’s since undergone a terrible metamorphosis—into one of the game’s horrifying monsters! From the author of Sword Art Online and Accel World comes a story beyond VR and AR, where gaming and reality are one and the same…and staying alive is just the beginning!
Source: Official Website
© Reki Kawahara/Straight Edge/Devils’ Crest Project
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