The fall 2015 anime series Lance N’ Masques has found itself a new home for release with KSM Anime bringing it out to German audiences this year. The first half of it is set for separate DVD and Blu-ray released on March 28th, 2019 and they’ve now brought out the first episode in its German-language form for it. The DVD is priced at 37 euro and the Blu-ray at 39 euro and will include three postcards and an on-disc gallery and trailer.
Kyohei Ishiguro directed the series for Studio Gokumi with original writer Hideaki Koyasu handling the series composition and scripts for the show. Koyasu is no stranger to head writer duties for an anime as he served in that role for Akikan!, GJ Club and Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan.imenewsn
The Japanese cast includes Daiki Yamashita as Yōtarō Hanafusa, Ari Ozawa as Makio Kidōin, Manami Numakura as Yoriko Sudo, Suzuko Mimori as Alice Cleveland, Aimi Tanaka as Liu Yuyan, Ayana Taketatsu as He Yufeng, Lynn as Silvia Marlowe and Yumi Uchiyama as Nori Hizuki.
The light novel series is a recent one with the first volume having landed in December of 2013.
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.
