Based on the light novels Absolute Duo written by Takumi Hiiragi-boshi with artwork by Yuu Asaba, we learned earlier this summer that studio 8Bat will be taking on the anime adaptation of the project. The series has seen a manga adaptation already and the fifth volume of the light novel series came this spring and there’s a second manga spinoff as well. The series is being directed by Atsushi Nakayama based on scripts by Takamitsu Kouno and character designs by Keiichi Sano. Norie Takana is serving as the animation director for the series.
The cast for the series has been announced with:
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Tōru Kokonoe
- Nozomi Yamamoto as Yurie Sigtuna
- Ayaka Suwa as Tomoe Tachibana
- Ayaka Imamura as Miyabi Hotaka
- Haruka Yamazaki as Lilith Bristol
Plot concept: After losing a loved one, Tooru Kokonoe enrolls at Kouryou Academy so as to gain a <>, a weapon that is his soul manifestation, for the sake of revenge. He was expecting a weapon… What he got was a shield… How is he to seek revenge with something that isn’t even a weapon?!
[Source: ANN]
