Pony Canyon has revealed a third new key visual for the ongoing Übel Blatt TV anime series, which features the character, Ichfeis and Elsaria, who debuted in the eighth episode. The anime is scheduled to air in Japan on January 10, 2025 and is streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime Video worldwide.
The new visual highlights the battle between Köinzell and the strongest swordman Ichfeis, as well as Aht and Elsaria, in Jullas-Abllas. Both characters will be featured prominently in the upcoming ninth episode, which will debut on Prime Video on March 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM JST.
Takashi Naoya (Tales of Wedding Rings, Am I Actually the Strongest?) is directing the anime series, with Tatsuya Takahashi (The Faraway Paladin: The Lord of Rust Mountains and Am I Actually the Strongest?, To-Heart scenario writer) as series screenwriter and co-scriptwriter, and Kiyoshi Tateishi (Vermeil in Gold, Val x Love) as character designer. Satelight and Staple Entertainment are handling the animation production.
Meanwhile, the anime’s main voice cast stars:
- • Yuya Hirose as Köinzell
- • Hina Tachibana as Peepi
- • Toshiki Masuda as Wied
- • Hitomi Ueda as Altea
- • Yui Kanari as Aht
The anime is based on Etorouji Shiono’s dark fantasy manga series, which debuted in Square Enix’s Gangan YG on December 3, 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 published, which includes the first “Volume 0.” The manga is also released digitally in English by Manga UP!
A sequel titled Übel Blatt II: The Knights of the Deceased King has been running in Monthly Big Gangan since February 24, 2024.
Yen Press releases the Übel Blatt manga series in English, describing the main synopsis 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: press release
