Two additional cast members and new main theme songs have been revealed for the upcoming New Saga TV anime series. The series is scheduled to premiere in Japan in July 2025, after a delay from its previously announced debut in July 2023.
The two new cast members joining the series are Takehito Koyasu as Ganias and Yoko Hikasa as Yulriga.
They join a main voice cast that stars:
- • Yuma Uchida as Kyle
- • Hiro Shimono as Seran
- • Fairouz Ai as Reze
- • Asami Seto as Urza
- • Minami Takahashi as Sildonia.
- • Kaori Maeda as Mileina
- • Hiroki Yasumoto as Zentos
- • Riho Sugiyama as Miranda
- • Rie Hikisaka as Gou
- • Tetsu Inada as Gazas
Meanwhile, the opening theme song is “Enja” by 4s4ki, while the ending theme is “her” by Mahiru Coda.
Naoki Mizusawa is directing the anime series, with Naoki Horiuchi (The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash director) as series unit director, Kenta Ihara (Tomodachi Game) as series screenwriter, and SOIL&”PIMP”SESSIONS’ Shachou and Hironori Anazawa (Scarlet Nexus) as music composers. Sotsu is co-producing the animation production with Studio Clutch and assistance from STUDIO MASSKET.
Prior to the delay, it was announced that Norikazu Ishigouoka (Hortensia Saga assistant director) would direct the New Saga anime adaptation. Sotsu, Makaria, and Yokohama Animation Laboratory were initially credited as the animation production companies.
The anime is based on the Tsuyokute New Saga light novel series, written by Masayuki Abe and illustrated by Ryuta Fuse. It was first published by AlphaPolis on April 8, 2013 and ended on July 2, 2018. A total of 10 volumes were released during its publication. A manga adaptation by Jun Miura was launched in 2014 and ended in 2022.
Alpha Manga publishes the New Saga manga adaptation digitally in English, describing the main synopsis as:
After a grueling battle, the magic knight Kyle finally defeats the demon lord… or so he believes. He wakes up to find himself in the land that had been destroyed in his past life. He is reunited with the precious person he thought he had lost forever. To stop the human world from being destroyed again, along with his friends, Kyle uses his memory from his previous life to once again save the world! A fantasy saga about a brave knight!
Source: New Saga Official Twitter, Official Anime Website, Crunchyroll News
