With two seasons behind it and eleven light novels, we learned this fall about the new OVA series under the header Departures for Testament of Sister New Devil. The project is getting a fun release where it’ll hit theaters on January 27th, 2018 for a two-week run. Then the home video release on DVD and Blu-ray will be on March 28th, 2018 with the DVD priced at 8,400 yen and the Blu-ray at 9,400 yen. The show is clocking in at 60-minutes and the limited edition release will come with a bonus CD. On-disc extras, if any, will be revealed later.
With all of that in mind, Kadokawa has now brought out a new 60-second promotional video for the theatrical side to give us a very good look at it!
The TV series anime adaptation was set up at Production IMS where was directed by Hisashi Saito based on scripts by Takao Yoshioka and character designs by Yoshihiro Watanabe.
The cast includes Yuichi Nakamura as Basara Toujou, Ayaka Asai as Mio Naruse, Sarah Emi Bridcutt as Yuki Nonaka, Kaori Fukuhara as Maria Naruse, Yuu Asakawa as Chisato Hasegawa, Keiji Fujiwara as Jin Toujou, Tomokazu Sugita as Takigawa Yahiro, Iori Nomizu as Kurumi Nonaka, Go Inoue as Takashi Hayase, Daisuke Hirakawa as Kyoichi Shiba, Seiko Yoshida as Zest and Kenjiro Tsuda as Mamoru Sakazaki.
The anime is adapted from the light novels of the same name that come from writer Tetsuo Uesu. The light novel series began in 2012 and has ten volumes out so far in Japan. The property has two manga series out there and Seven Seas has picked up the rights to the main one by Kashiwa Miyako, which began in the spring of 2013 as it’s been serialized in Shonen Ace.
Plot Concept: The revolves around Basara Tojo, a first-year high school student who is flustered by a sudden question by his eccentric father, “Hey, didn’t you used to say you wanted a little sister?” Plus, his father announces that he is getting remarried. His father brings over two beautiful step-sisters, but then embarks on an overseas trip. However, the two sisters Mio and Maria Naruse are actually a novice devil and succubus.
