Next January’s Chained Soldier has received a character trailer for main heroine Kyoka Uzen. The video primarily shows off Kyoka’s monster-killing abilities, with shots of her traumatic past and a kiss with male protagonist Yuki Wakura mixed in.
Chained Soldier is a dark fantasy action anime based on the Shueisha-published manga series by Takahiro and Youhei Takemura, which began serialization on Shonen Jump+ in 2019 and has 14 tankoubon volumes as of October 2023. HIDIVE has licensed the anime and will premiere the first two episodes on November 17, 2023 at Anime NYC.
HIDIVE describes the anime’s plot as:
Two supernatural forces appeared simultaneously on Earth: entrances to another dimension known as Mato, and Peaches, resources that give unique abilities to women. From the Mato come Yomotsu Shuuki, dangerous monsters that leave destruction in their wake. The government’s Anti-demon Corps stands against these creatures, employing women empowered by Peaches to face the monstrous threat. Yuuki Wakura watches these forces clash from a distance, but when he unexpectedly runs afoul of a Yomotsu Shuuki, he’s rescued by Kyouka Uzen, the chief of the Seventh Unit of the Anti-demon Corp—and she sees something in him that could turn the tide of the monster incursion. Yuki holds the unique power to make Peaches more effective, but he’ll have to become Kyoka’s willing slave to join the fight against the Yomotsu Shuuki and save the world.
Yen Press publishes the manga in English.
Staff
• Director: Goro Kuji (Bungo to Alchemist assistant director)
• Chief director: Junji Nishimura (Vlad Love director)
• Character designer: Hiroyuki Yoshii (Just Because!)
• Series composer: Yasuhiro Nakanishi (A Couple of Cuckoos)
• Music composer: KOHTA YAMAMOTO (Attack on Titan Final Season co-composer)
• Animation production: SevenArcs
Cast
• Yuuya Hirose as Yuki Wakura
• Akari Kitou as Kyoka Uzen
• Yume Miyamoto as Himari Azuma
• Mari Hino as Shushu Suruga
• Hina Tachibana as Nei Ookawamura
• Maaya Uchida as Tenka Izumo
• Nene Hieda as Yachiho Azuma
• Reina Ueda as Sahara Wakasa
• Tomori Kusunoki as Mysterious Woman
• Sayaka Senbongi as Coco Zenibako
• Rina Hidaka as Naon Yuno
Source: @mabotai_kohobu
