During Shueisha’s Jump Festa 2023 event, the production team for Ayakashi Triangle has revealed a new key visual and PV trailer featuring the main characters of the anime. The series is scheduled to premiere on January 9, 2023.
Additional characters for the anime series were also revealed. They include Haruka Tomatsu as Yayoi Toba, Hina Kino as Lucy Tsukioka, Shouya Ishige as Soga Ninokuru, and Satomi Arai as Ponosuke Ninokuru. They join a main voice cast consisting of Shouya Chiba as Matsuri Kazamaki (Male), Miyu Tomita as Matsuri Kazamaki (Female), Kana Ichinose as Suzu Kanade, and Tesshou Genda as Shirogane.
The anime production staff includes Noriaki Akitaya (The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest) as director, Kei Umabiki (ClassicaLoid Season 2 director) as assistant director, Shougo Yasukawa (The Executioner and Her Way of Life) as series screenwriter, Hideki Furukawa (“Azur Lane x The Idolmaster” collab short anime PV, Strike the Blood III co-character designer) as character designer, and Rei Ishizuka (A Couple of Cuckoos) as music composer. CONNECT is in charge of the animation production.
Kentarou Yabuki’s ayakashi love fantasy manga was first serialized in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from June 15, 2020 to April 18, 2022. It then transferred to the Shonen Jump+ online magazine on April 25, 2022 and has released 11 tankoubon volumes as of November 2022. An 11th volume is due out for release on January 4, 2023.
Seven Seas Entertainment releases the Ayakashi Triangle manga in English and describes the story as:
Matsuri Kazamaki’s job as an exorcist ninja means that his livelihood depends on driving away the ayakashi spirits who endanger humans. He’s been protecting his childhood friend, Suzu Kanade, from the shadows for years, as she effortlessly attracts ayakashi. What will happen when Suzu encounters a creature who looks like a simple cat, but who is really Shirogane, the king of ayakashi?
