The fall 2020 anime adaptation of the Journey of Elaina light novel series has come and gone and has had various international rollouts. The latest news about the property has landed with the release of the fifth volume manga release that’s done by Itsuki Nanao. The release of it today in Japan has revealed that the sixth and final volume, set for a winter 2024 release, will be the final volume. No date has been set for when the adaptation in Manga UP! itself will draw to a close.
The series is directed by Toshiyuki Kubooka with C2C handling the animation production. The original light novel series was written by Jougi Shiraishi with artwork by Azure.
The Japanese cast includes Kaede Hondo as Elaina, Kana Hanazawa as Flan, Tomoyo Kurosawa as Saya, and Yoko Hikasa as Sheila.
Reina Ueda performed the opening theme song “Literature” for the show while the ending theme is “Haiiro no Saga” by ChouCho.
The series sees Morgan Laure as the English ADR director working from the scripts by Kristen McGuire and Leah Clarke. The main cast brings in Amber Lee Connors as Elaina and Jad Saxton as Fran while the first episode introduces Aaron Campbell and Morgan Laure as Elaina’s father and mother.
Plot Concept: What’s your favorite story? Does it have a hero who slays a dragon and saves a princess? Or a child of prophecy destined for greatness? Well, my favorite story is a little different. It’s the tale of a witch who travels the world, seeking nothing in particular. With no quest of her own, she’s free to wander wherever the wind takes her, adding a few pages to the story of whomever she meets before setting off on her next adventure. At the end of her travels, the witch takes on an apprentice who will one day begin her own journey. And so the cycle continues, or so the story goes. Now, the witch who starts the story anew…who could she be?
Chris has been writing about anime, manga, movies and comics for well on twenty years now. He began AnimeOnDVD.com back in 1998 and has covered nearly every anime release that’s come out in the US ever since.
