{"id":151066,"date":"2026-03-23T07:35:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/?p=151066"},"modified":"2026-05-11T23:50:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T06:50:30","slug":"anime-adaptation-of-reki-kawaharas-demons-crest-reveals-teaser-trailer-2026-debut-devils-crest-english-title-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/03\/23\/anime-adaptation-of-reki-kawaharas-demons-crest-reveals-teaser-trailer-2026-debut-devils-crest-english-title-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Anime Adaptation of Reki Kawahara&#8217;s Demons&#8217; Crest Reveals Teaser Trailer, 2026 Debut, &#8220;Devils&#8217; Crest&#8221; English Title, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Warner Bros. Japan has unveiled the teaser trailer for the <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/12\/01\/reki-kawaharas-demons-crest-gets-anime\/\"><em>Demons&#8217; Crest<\/em><\/a> TV anime, an adaptation of <em>Sword Art Online<\/em> autho<strong>r Reki Kawahara<\/strong>&#8216;s latest series. There&#8217;s also a teaser visual and some staff and cast details, plus the announcement of a 2026 premiere window and the reveal of <em>Devils&#8217; Crest<\/em> as the English title.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u30a2\u30cb\u30e1 \u300e\u30c7\u30e2\u30f3\u30ba\u30fb\u30af\u30ec\u30b9\u30c8\u300f \u30c6\u30a3\u30b6\u30fcPV\uff0f&quot;Devils&#039; Crest&quot; Teaser PV\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/llzkRQ9gM1I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>Haruka Shiraishi<\/strong> and <strong>Konomi Inagaki<\/strong> are voicing twin siblings Yuma Ashihara and Sawa Ashihara, respectively. Much of the short teaser seems to depict the event described in the first volume&#8217;s synopsis, that of Yuma coming across classmate Sumika, now turned into a monster after the virtual reality MMORPG <em>Actual Magic<\/em> fuses with their world. The end sees Sawa, clad in a devil-like outfit, declaring that dying will result in an actual death.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Devils-Crest-teaser-visual.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"906\" data-attachment-id=\"151075\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2026\/03\/23\/anime-adaptation-of-reki-kawaharas-demons-crest-reveals-teaser-trailer-2026-debut-devils-crest-english-title-and-more\/devils-crest-teaser-visual\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Devils-Crest-teaser-visual.jpg?fit=1920%2C2497&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1920,2497\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Devils&#8217; Crest teaser visual\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Devils-Crest-teaser-visual.jpg?fit=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Devils-Crest-teaser-visual.jpg?fit=696%2C906&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Devils-Crest-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=696%2C906&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-151075\" style=\"width:632px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Devils-Crest-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=787%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 787w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Devils-Crest-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=231%2C300&amp;ssl=1 231w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Devils-Crest-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=768%2C999&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Devils-Crest-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=1181%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1181w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Devils-Crest-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=1575%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1575w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Devils-Crest-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=696%2C905&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Devils-Crest-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=1068%2C1389&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Devils-Crest-teaser-visual.jpg?resize=323%2C420&amp;ssl=1 323w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Devils-Crest-teaser-visual.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/anitrendz.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Devils-Crest-teaser-visual.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u00a9Reki Kawahara\/Straight Edge\/Devils&#8217; Crest Project<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>Kenichiro Komaya<\/strong> is directing the anime at <strong>Production I.G<\/strong>, with <strong>Shinji Ushiro<\/strong> (<em>Scum of the Brave<\/em> and <em>Blessing of the Campanella<\/em> director) as chief director. The character designs are from <a href=\"https:\/\/anitrendz.net\/news\/2025\/08\/31\/22-7-the-diary-of-our-days-anime-returns-after-7-years-with-9th-episode\/\"><strong>Yukiko Horiguchi<\/strong><\/a>, the light novels&#8217; illustrator, and also the character designer of anime like <em>K-On!\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<em>Lucky Star<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">Other staff include<strong> Eiji Umehara<\/strong> (<em>Vivy -Fluorite Eye&#8217;s Song <\/em>co-series composer) as series composer and <strong>Yuki Hayashi<\/strong> (<em>Haikyu!!<\/em>, <em>My Hero Academia<\/em>) and <strong>Naoyuki Chikatani<\/strong> (<em>Ya Boy Kongming! <\/em>live-action movie) as music composers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\">The <em>Demons\u2019 Crest\u00a0<\/em>light novel series (Yen Press publishes it in English under that title) began in 2022 and has four volumes as of 2025. It falls under<span style=\"color: initial\">\u00a0KADOKAWA\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>Dengeki Bunko<span style=\"color: initial\"> label\/imprint. The synopsis from Yen Press reads:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><em>Sixth-grader Yuuma Ashihara and his twin sister, Sawa, are playing Actual Magic , a brand-new virtual reality MMORPG, when it suddenly begins fusing with the real world. Amid all the chaos and confusion, it becomes clear that death is lurking around every corner, including when Yuuma runs into his classmate Sumika. Before, she was one of the cutest girls in his class, but she\u2019s since undergone a terrible metamorphosis\u2014into one of the game\u2019s horrifying monsters! From the author of Sword Art Online and Accel World comes a story beyond VR and AR, where gaming and reality are one and the same\u2026and staying alive is just the beginning!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><em>Demons\u2019 Crest <\/em>also has a webtoon drawn by <strong>TOmoe<\/strong> with scripts by <strong>Koroku Takano<\/strong>. It&#8217;s published on Hyke Comic.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> Press release<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warner Bros. Japan has unveiled the teaser trailer for the Demons&#8217; Crest TV anime, an adaptation of Sword Art Online author Reki Kawahara&#8216;s latest series. There&#8217;s also a teaser visual and some staff and cast details, plus the announcement of a 2026 premiere window and the reveal of Devils&#8217; Crest as the English title. 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