Announced back in the summer of 2013 when the seventh volume was released, new details have arrived from the official site for the anime adaptation of Madan no Ou to Vanadis. The show previously announced the two leads and has now expanded on the cast and has formally set an October 2014 debut for the property. The novel series, which began in 2011 and has eight volumes to date, is written by Tsukasa Kawaguchi with illustrations by Yoshi☆yo while the manga adaptation that began later is done by Nobuhiko Yanai. The series is directed by Tatsuo Satou who is also doing the scripts at studio Satelight while Yoshi☆wo is handling the character designs.
- Haruka Tomatsu as Eleonora “Ellen” Viltaria
- Kaito Ishikawa as Tigrevurmud “Tigre” Vorn
- Mikako Komatsu as Alexandra Alshavin
- Yu Kobayashi as Elizavetta Fomina
- Yuka Iguchi as Limlisha
- Mariya Ise as Ludmilla Lurie
- Ai Kayano as Sophia Obertas
- Sumire Uesaka as Titta
- Hitomi Harada as Valentina Glinka Estes
- Juurouta Kosugi as The Narrator
Check out a promo from last summer for a then-released volume of the light novel series to get a feel for the designs.
Plot concept: Set in Western Europe during times of war, Eleanor “Ellen” Vertalia, one of the Vanadis of Zhcted, leads the battle into Brune. There are, in fact, seven Vanadis, named for having each received a powerful weapon from the dragon to individually reign over seven territories. The power of the Vanadis invokes dread and fear from their enemies. An earl in the service of the country of Brune, a young archer by the name of Tigre, experienced the Vandis’s power firsthand after being defeated on the battlefield by Ellen. However, Ellen chose to spare his life after witnessing his skills, but in exchange, he is asked to serve her.
[Source: ANN]
