The anime adaptation of the Ulysses: Jeanne d’Arc to Renkin no Kishi is underway as part of the fall 2018 season and promotion for it is getting out there. DMM Pictures has updated with a look at the second episode that’s due out on October 14th,2018 in Japan. Crunchyroll is simulcasting the series while Funimation is working on a simuldub for it. The anime adaptation has Shin Itagaki directing based on the series composition by Ryunosuke Kingetsu. Jouji Sawada is handling the character designs and AXsiZ is behind the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes Ryota Ohsaka as Montmorency, Yuko Ōno as Jeanne d’Arc, Yūki Takada as Philip, Hisako Tōjō as Astaroth, Manami Numakura as Richemont, Saori Ōnishi as Charlotte, Shizuka Ishigami as La Hire, Yūki Kuwahara as Batard, Junji Majima as Alençon, and Hidenori Takahashi as Xaintrailles.
The novels are written by Mikage Kasuga and illustrated by Merontomari with four volumes out so far in Japan plus a short story collection novel.
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Plot Concept: The story is set in the 15th century, during the Hundred Years’ War between France and England over the succession to the French throne. Montmorency, the son of a noble, immerses himself in the studies of magic and alchemy at a royal knight training school. However, following France’s crushing defeat at Agincourt, the school is dissolved. Having lost everything and now a wanted man, Montmorency, who had just become an alchemist, encounters a mysterious village girl named Jeanne.
