A new anime adaptation that was set for a debut in 2020 with the Kemono Jihen series but got pushed back some because of the pandemic. Known as Monster Incidents, the series is set for a January 2021 debut. With the first promo out for it fairly recently, the first image of the latest installment of the manga volume due out on November 4th, 2020 has landed in Japan today and the wraparound on it has confirmed a January 10th, 2021 debut on Tokyo MX and dates over the next few days through other regional broadcasters.
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 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
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]
