Pony Canyon has announced that Yuya Hirose will voice Köinzell, the main character of the upcoming Übel Blatt TV anime series. Additional staff and a premiere date for the anime have not yet been announced.
Hirose provided the following statement below on his involvement with the series.
In addition, Hirose and original manga creator Etorouji Shiono will attend a live drawing session panel at this year’s upcoming Anime Expo on July 5, 2024. Shiono’s editor will also be present. The panel will take place in Room 404AB at the LA Convention Center from 5:15 PM PST to 6:05 PM PST.
Shiono’s dark fantasy manga first debuted in Square Enix’s Gangan YG in 2004, before moving to Young Gangan later that year until 2009. After a two-year hiatus, the manga returned to Monthly Big Gangan on December 24, 2011 and was serialized there until March 25, 2019. A total of 24 tankobon volumes were released, with the first volume labeled as volume “0.”
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A sequel titled Ubel Blatt II: The Knights of the Deceased King has been serialized in Monthly Big Gangan since February 24, 2024.
Pony Canyon describes the synopsis of Übel Blatt as:
Rumors stir throughout the land: when the wielder of the black sword draws his dark blade, all who stand in its path are torn asunder…! Köinzell, the mysterious young boy who carries the black sword, undeniably wields it with exceptional skill, but can he truly be responsible for the bloody rumors? Pursued by the Traitorous Lances, four powerful warriors who were thought to have been defeated by the Seven Heroes, the strength of the young swordsman will be tested to its limit. At battle’s end, only the shocking truth of Köinzell’s quest will stand above the corpses of his enemies… An epic fantasy on the grandest of scales!
Source: Übel Blatt Official Anime Twitter, press release
