Two additional cast members have joined the currently airing Daemons of the Shadow Realm TV anime series. The anime began airing in Japan on April 4, 2026 and will air for two consecutive cours.
Kappei Yamaguchi, best known as the voice of Usopp from One Piece, was cast as Hikaru Kagemori, while Yoshiko Sakakibara, who recently voiced Tengen in Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3, was cast as Kai. Both characters appeared in the anime’s seventh episode that was released in Japan on May 16, 2026.
They join a main voice cast that stars:
- • Kensho Ono as Yuru
- • Yume Miyamoto as Asa
- • Yuichi Nakamura as Dera
- • Misaki Kuno as Gabu-chan
- • Rikiya Koyama as Migi
- • Takako Honda as Hidari
- • Miyuri Shimabukuro as Hana
- • Junichi Suwabe as Jin
- • Ayumu Murase as Gabriel
Masahiro Ando (Sword of the Stranger, CANAAN, Blast of Tempest) is directing the anime series, with Noboru Takagi (Golden Kamuy) as series composer, Nobuhiro Arai (Bungo Stray Dogs) as character designer, Koji Sugiura (Hajime no Ippo character designer) and Yoshiyuki Ito (The Case Study of Vanitas character designer) as Tsugai designers, Yukari Goto (Bungo Stray Dogs) as color designer, Tatsuro Onishi (Insomniacs After School) as background art director, Zhang Yingying (The Case Study of Vanitas) as composting director, and Kenichiro Suehiro (The Eminence in Shadow) as music composer. Bones Film is handling the animation production.
The supernatural adventure manga series by Hiromu Arakawa (also known in Japanese as Yomi no Tsugai) was first serialized in Square Enix’s Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine on December 10, 2021. Twelve tankobon volumes have been released in Japan as of November 2025. Square Enix Manga & Books releases the manga in English.
Crunchyroll is streaming the Daemons of the Shadow Realm anime in several countries and territories worldwide. It describes the main premise as:
In a world where certain humans command mighty supernatural duos called Daemons, it is the birthright of “the children who sunder day and night” — twins Yuru and Asa — to rule over these powerful entities.
Separated from a young age and unaware of the truth of their birth, brother and sister must fight to make their way back to each other, claim their birthright, and save the world…
Sources: Daemons of the Shadow Realm Official Twitter (2), Anime News Network
