The windows continue to tighten up between the various English-speaking regions when it comes to how some releases are brought out and that’s working out well for Lord Marksman and Vanadis. FUNimation previously queued up the series for a release in North America on February 9th, 2016 and now Madman Entertainment has updated to revealed that they’ll be bringing it out in Australia on April 6th with separate DVD and Blu-ray releases. The set looks to mirror the US release as it’ll include the commentaries, the chibi theater, various previews and commercials as well as the clean opening and closing sequences.
The English language adaptation is being directed by Caitlin Glass working off of scripts from Jared Hedges and Alex Muniz. The trailer for it has also been released to give us our first taste of them inc action.
Cast & Crew
| TIGRE | Joel McDonald |
| ELEN | Caitlin Glass |
| TITTA | Tia Ballard |
| LIM | Alex Moore |
| BERTRAND | Mark Stoddard |
| MASHAS | John Swasey |
| RYURIK | Ricco Fajardo |
| ZION | Clifford Chapin |
| NARRATOR | Bill Flynn |
The anime adaptation of Madan no Ou to Vanadis debuted during the fall 2014 season. The novel series, which began in 2011 and has twelve 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 handled the character 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.
