Crunchyroll has a new simulcast pickup that’s set to debut today at 2:30pm ET with Momo Kyun Sword. The series will normally simulcast on Tuesdays at 2:30pm ET but has its first episode kicking off a bit later, but coming nonetheless. The series will be part of the premium members lineup first with new episodes every Tuesday while free members will get it a week later. The series has a pretty good bit of availability to it as members in the USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Latin America will be able to watch it.
The adaptation of the light novel is one that has an interesting history in and of itself as the Kibidango Project kicked off in 2014 with it where they bring in different illustrators for it to give it a different feeling each month and a variety of web show readings of the source material has been done by a wide range of voice actors as well. Directed by Shinsuke Yanagi at Tri-Slash and Project No.9., the series has Tsuyoshi Tamai working on the scripts while character designs are being done by Hiroshi Tomioka, who is also serving as the chief animation director.
The series stars Ayana Taketatsu as Momoko, Minami Tsuda as Onihime, Wataru Hatano as Inugami, Showtaro Morikubo as Sarugami, Asami Imai as Kijigami, Shiori Mikami as Ringo, Suzuko Mimori as Suika, Rumi Ookubo as Maron, Yuka Ōtsubo as Karin, Mikako Komatsu as Kaguya, Asami Shimoda as Kushinada and Masumi Asano as Celestial Maiden Sumeragi.
Plot concept: Momo Kyun Sword is a retelling of the Japanese folktale of Momotaro, only this time, instead of a boy named Momotaro, Momoko is a girl who was born inside of a peach! She lives with her companions, the dog god Inugami, the monkey god Sarugami, and the pheasant god Kijigami. However, when a demon army lead by the devil king invades her parade and steals the treasures that protect her land, she embarks of a grand adventure to retrieve the treasures and save the people.