The Eminence in Shadow: Lost Echoes movie has revealed a new trailer and visual, along with confirming a 2027 release date. As previously confirmed, studio Nexus is again in charge of the animation with Kazuya Nakanishi as the director.
The movie was announced with a teaser visual right after the 2nd TV anime season, which ran for a total of 12 episodes in Fall 2023. The first season premiered in October 2022 and ran for 20 episodes. The first trailer for the The Eminence in Shadow: Lost Echoes movie was released in May 2024. The anime’s staff is returning for the film, including:
- Director: Kazuya Nakanishi
- Screenplay: Kanichi Kato
- Character Design: Makoto Iino
- Animation Production: Nexus
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The panel at the AnimeJapan 2026 event was attended by the main voice cast, including:
- Seichiro Yamashita as Cid (Shadow)
- Asami Seto as Alpha
- Inori Minase as Beta
- Ai Fairouz as Delta
- Hisako Kanemoto as Epsilon
- Ayaka Asai as Zeta
- Reina Kondo as Eta
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You can watch the new trailer below.
Also check out the new visual:
The Eminence in Shadow (Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!) is a Japanese light novel series by Daisuke Aizawa. Enterbrain has been serializing it with Tozai’s illustrations since 2018. There is also a manga adaptation by Anri Skano, which is serialized in Kadokawa Shoten. Yen Press is publishing both light novels and manga in English. The second season of the anime adapted volume 3 of the light novel, and you can read the synopsis below:
Deep within the Lawless City lies the Blood Queen, a Progenitor Vampire, slumbering in her coffin for many moons. An expert at landing himself in trouble, Cid should know better than to go after her…but he’s dying to get a piece of the action. It’s time he shed his daytime persona to take on the role of Shadow! It seems, however, that he’s not the only one with this idea. Soon enough, he finds the three rulers of the Lawless City—Juggernaut the Tyrant, Yukime the Spirit Fox, and Crimson the vampire—are all on his tail. To complicate things even further, the Shadow Garden descends on the scene as the hour of the Blood Queen’s awakening looms closer and closer…
Source: The Eminence in Shadow Official Website, AnimeJapan 2026
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