A new anime adaptation that was set for a debut in 2020 with the Kemono Jihen series is making some changes. Known as Monster Incidents, we haven’t heard much from this production since it was announced this past summer that the series was getting pushed back due to the cascading effects of the pandemic. Now, the show has gotten a January 2021 debut schedule for it according to the Jump SQ magazine that’s out now in Japan..
The previously announced Japanese cast includes:
- Natsumi Fujiwara as Kabane Kusaka
- Junichi Suwabe as Kohachi Inugami
- Ayumu Murase as Akira
- Natsuki Hanae as Shiki Tademaru
- Daisuke Ono as Mihai
- Yumiri Hanamori as Kon
- Kana Hanazawa as Inari
- Hiro Shimono as Nobimaru
Masaya Fujimori is on board to direct it working from the series composition by Noboru Kimura. Nozomi Tachibana is on board with character design work while Ajia-do Animation Works is slated for the animation production.
The series comes from Sho Aimoto which began in 2016 in Jump SQ magazine. It has eleven volumes out as of summer 2020.
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Plot Concept: In a quiet rural village, a strange incident occurs where many domestic animals die unnatural deaths. To resolve the incident, an odd-looking man from Tokyo who goes by the name of “Inugami” comes to the town to investigate. In the town, he meets a young boy who has a mysterious air about him called “Dorotabō.”
[Source: ANN]