The anime adaptation of Yu Shimizu’s series Serei Tsukai no Blade Dance, aka Spirit Elementalist’s Blade Dance, has been a long time in coming since it was announced back in the summer of 2013. Now, ahead of its July 14th, 2014 debut, Media Factory has revealed two new promotional videos along with a new commercial spot for the series. We’ve had a few dribs and drabs of material over the course of the year with the latest being almost a month ago with a teaser promo. The property kicked off in 2010 after he finished the three volume novel series Yattekitayo, Druid-san! and has since written eleven volumes of Blade Dance. Two incarnations of manga adaptations have also begun with one in 2011 and another in 2012.
The series will be directed by Tetsuya Yanagisawa at studio TNK and will star Ai Kakuma as Est, Shizuka Ishigami as Ellis Fahrengart, Makoto Furukawa as Kamito Kazehaya, Saori Oonishi as Fianna Ray Ordessia and Ibuki Kudo as Claire Rouge.
Plot concept: Only a pure maiden can have the privilege to contract with a spirit. In here, Areishia Spirit Academy, trained maidens of noble families are gathered and given an elite’s education to become spirit contractors. A boy, Kamito, peeped by accident at a girl, Clair, while she was taking a bath and he ended up making a contract with the spirit she wanted. Yes, Kamito is an irregular boy spirit contractor whose existence was thought impossible until now. “You stole…my spirit…you have to take responsibility for it!” “Huh?” “You have to become my contracted spirit!” What will Kamito’s destiny lead to?