We learned back in the spring of last year that Studio Gokumi was taking on a new project with Pony Canyon announcing that the light novel series by Hideaki Koyasu, Lance N’Masques, would be making its way to the larger world with an anime adaptation. This marked the first light nove from the imprint to get an anime adaptation and that means higher expectations are certainly there. While we still don’t have a premiere locked down for the show, things are getting closer as the cast for the series has now been announced via the official site.
Daiki Yamashita as Yōtarō Hanafusa
Ari Ozawa as Makio Kidōin
Manami Numakura as Yoriko Sudo
Suzuko Mimori as Alice Cleveland
Kyohei Ishiguro is set to direct the series for Studio Gokumi with original writer Hideaki Koyasu handling the series composition and scripts for the show. Koyasu certainly isn’t unfamiliar with this process as he worked in that role on GJ Club and YuruYuri.
The light novel series is a recent one with the first volume having landed in December of 2013 and the fourth volume being released this week.
Plot concept: The battle action novel series revolves around Youtarou Hanafusa, a young man who is part of the last remaining order of knights in the 21st century, “Knights of the World.” As he fights as the mysterious Knight Lancer, he must hide his identity behind a mask.
[Source: ANN]
