We learned last fall that Midori Yuuma’s light novel series Kakuriyo no Yadomeshi is getting a TV series anime adaptation with plans for 2018. The show has been set for the spring 2018 season in April with Yoshiko Okuda directing it based on the series composition by Tomoko Konparu. Youko Satou is handling the character designs while Takuhito Kusanagi and Tadashi Oppaku are handling the ayakashi designs. Hikaru Suzuki is serving as the chief animation director with Gonzo handling the production.
The newly announced cast include:
- Yuuma Uchida as Akatsuki
- Ai Kakuma as Oryou
- Atsushi Tamaruas Byakuya
The previously announced cast includes:
- Nao Touyama as Aoi Tsubaki
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Oodanna
- Shunichi Toki as Ginji
The novels come from Kadokawa and began in 2015 with illustrations by Laruha. Since then, it’s had seven volumes released as of 2017.
Plot Concept: The work follows a university student, Aoi Tsubaki, who has the ability to see Ayakashi. She is forced to marry an Oni due to her grandfather’s debt, but she doesn’t want to marry him. She decides to work in Kakuriyo, which owns by her Oni fiance Oodanna, to pay back the debt and to serve Ayakashi customers such as Oni and fox.
[Source: Comic Natalie via MAL]
