The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy will be streaming on HIDIVE this fall, as announced earlier. The anime premieres on October 2.
tudio Passione is animating the adaptation, with Hiroyuki Morita as the director. Prior to the HIDIVE streaming announcement, The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy revealed a new trailer and also showcased the theme songs. They are 1000-nen Ai” by Chiai Fujikawa (opening) and “Yururi” by Kaho (ending). The main cast for the anime includes:
The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy (Seiken Gakuin no Maken Tsukai) light novel is currently on its 12th volume. It began serialization in 2019 under the MF Bunko J imprint. Manga adaptation with art by Asuka Keigen is also ongoing in Shonen Ace magazine.
Yen Press licensed The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy light novel series in English and describes the plot as:
Battles for ancient kingdoms are nothing compared to the battles of a classroom!
Awakening from magical stasis after a thousand years, the Dark Lord Leonis suddenly finds himself in the body of a ten-year-old boy! He quickly meets Riselia, a girl confronting the Voids, creatures that have nearly exterminated humanity. Determined to uncover the mysteries of this strange new era, Leonis enrolls in Excalibur Academy, a school that trains students to fight back against these enigmatic monsters. Could the Voids hold some connection to Leonis’s past?
Source: Press Release
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