The previously announced Demon Lord, Retry R new project has been confirmed to be a TV anime, and they’ve released a new visual along with the information on the staff and cast. Studio GEKKOU is in charge of the animation, and the anime will premiere this year.
Kazuomi Koga is directing the anime, Katsuhiko Takayama in charge of the the script, and Minori Homura as the character designer and SUPA LOVE composing the music. Kenjiro Tsuda will reprise his role as Hakuto Kunai, while the rest of the cast includes:
The anime is based on Kurone Kanzaki’s Demon Lord, Retry! (Maou-sama, Retry!) light novel. The novel was originally published under Futabasha’s Monster Bunko imprint with illustrations by Koji Ogata. After three volumes, the novel was moved to M Novels, fully revised and published with new illustrations, this time by Makoto Iino.
A manga adaptation written by Kurone Kanzaki and illustrated by Amaru Minotake was ongoing in Gaugau Monster from 2017 to 2019. The sequel, titled Demon Lord, Retry! R, by the same artist, began in 2020. on the Web Comic Action platform. J-Novel Club licensed both manga and light novel in English, and they describe the storys:
What do you do when the MMO you’ve run for 15 years comes to an end? Akira Ono didn’t get much of a choice — he woke up trapped inside the world of his own game in the body of his in-game character: the Demon Lord. With an outcast child as his sidekick, he tries his best to survive the cruel fantasy world of his own creation, prosecution from the good guys, and of course, the final boss.
Studio EKACHI EPILKA was in charge of animating the first Demon Lord, Retry! anime, with Hiroshi Kimura as the diretor. It ran for 12 episodes and Crunchyroll is streaming it (originally it was Funimation) in select regions.
Source: Official X
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