The Saikyou Onmyouji no Isekai Tenseiki: Geboku no Youkaidomo ni Kurabete Monster ga Yowaisugirunda ga anime adaptation is set to premiere in January 2023. A teaser trailer and visual have been released, offering a look at the show’s supernatural action and main cast of characters.
The anime is directed by Ryousuke Shibuya (Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan chief director) with Yoshinobu Nagayama (Life Lessons with Uramichi Oniisan director) as chief director, Touko Machida (PuraOre! Pride of Orange) as series composer and scriptwriter, Masayoshi Kikuchi (Tsukiuta. The Animation 2 animation director) and Sayaka Ueno (Don’t Hurt Me, My Healer! animation director) as character designers, and Alisa Okehazama (Jujutsu Kaisen 0 co-composer) as music composer. Studio Blanc. is the animation production company.
Meanwhile, the main cast includes Yumiri Hanamori as Seika Lamprogue, Azumi Waki as Efa, Nene Hieda as Amu, and Yuuichirou Umehara as Haruyoshi Kuga.
The Saikyou Onmyouji no Isekai Tenseiki light novel series, which is written by Kiichi Kozusu and illustrated by Shin, began in 2019 and has five volumes as of October 2021. It is published under Futabasha’s M Novels label. A manga adaptation by Toshinori Okazaki began in 2020.
The story follows Haruyoshi, a powerful onmyouji who is left on the verge of death after a betrayal by his allies. After attempting a secret reincarnation technique, Haruyoshi reincarnates into another world as part of a family of magic-users. While he is judged to have no magical ability, Haruyoshi perceives the magic in this world as being inferior to the onmyouji powers he still possesses, and thus believes that he can get by without it.
The story originated as a web novel on Shousetsuka ni Narou in 2018, which won the seventh Net Shousetsu Taishou award. A new publication of the light novels under the Monster Bunko label with illustrations from Yuunagi is set to begin on July 29.
Sources: Asmik Ace YouTube channel, @saikyo_onmyouji
