Starting as a browser game in 2016 and becoming a decent little multimedia project, Bungo to Alchemist was revealed to be making the leap to anime back in December 2019. With an April 3rd, 2020 premiere debut behind it already, Funimation is handling the simulcast as Bungo and Alchemist -Gears of Judgement-. The Japanese side has now had a change of plans for broadcast due to undisclosed reasons as the fourth episode, which is set for an April 24th, 2020 debut, has now been pushed back to May 8th, 2020. The second episode will show this week while the following will be the third episode before it moves forward again.
The series has Toshinori Watanabe directing based on the scripts coming from Jun Kumagai. Atsuko Nakajima is working on the character designs with OLM handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes Ryōta Ōsaka as Murō Saisei, Tomoaki Maeno as Naoya Shiga, KENN as Saneatsu Mushanokōji, Shinichiro Miki as Kan Kikuchi, Hiroyuki Yoshino as Masao Kume, Yūki Tai as Haruo Satō, Nobuhiko Okamoto as Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, and Kōji Takahashi as Tatsuo Hori.
"Bungo and Alchemist -Gears of Judgement-" TV anime schedule change:
– April 24: episode 2 (rebroadcast)
– May 1: episode 3 (rebroadcast)
– May 8: episode 4https://t.co/UJm4zZldGz pic.twitter.com/ey9P7mYppy— A.I.R (Anime Intelligence (and) Research) (@AIR_News01) April 18, 2020
The opening sequence features the song “Goodbye (グッド・バイ)” by Urashimasakatasen. We also have the ending theme song of “Yabunonaka no Synthesis (藪の中のジンテーゼ)” by Yoshino Nanjou which is pretty haunting.
Check out the official site and Twitter.
Plot Concept: The series follows a group of historic writers (all based on real people) who use their special abilities to rescue books that have been cursed by the “Taints,” an evil force. While its premise is fantastical, the series’ core focus will be on its characters, some of whom you may recognize, including Ryunosuke Akutagawa and H.P. Lovecraft.
