Kadokawa opened an official website for a television anime adaptation of Rui Tsukiyo's Sekai Saikou no Ansatsusha, Isekai Kizoku ni Tensei suru (The World's Finest Assassin Gets Reincarnated in Another World as an Aristocrat) light novel on Monday, revealing main staff, cast, and its July 2021 debut. The cast from the drama CD are reprising their roles.
Synopsis
"I'm going to live for myself!"
The greatest assassin on Earth knew only how to live as a tool for his employers—until they stopped letting him live. Reborn by the grace of a goddess into a world of swords and sorcery, he's offered a chance to do things differently this time around, but there's a catch...He has to eliminate a super-powerful hero who will bring about the end of the world unless he is stopped.
Now known as Lugh Tuatha Dé, the master assassin certainly has his hands full, particularly because of all the beautiful girls who constantly surround him. Lugh may have been an incomparable killer, but how will he fare against foes with powerful magic? (Source: Yen Press)
Cast
Lugh: Kenji Akabane (Masou Gakuen HxH)
Dia: Reina Ueda (SSSS.Gridman)
Tarte: Yuuki Takada (Yagate Kimi ni Naru)
Maha: Shino Shimoji (Seiren)
Staff
Director: Masafumi Tamura (Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha, Kenja no Mago)
Series Composition, Script: Katsuhiko Takayama (Aldnoah.Zero, Sakurada Reset)
Character Design: Eri Osada (Blade & Soul, Ensemble Stars!)
Studio: SILVER LINK., Studio Palette
Tsukiyo began writing the action fantasy series on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website in July 2018. Kadokawa began publishing the novel through its Sneaker Bunko imprint featuring illustrations by Reia in February 2019 and shipped the fifth volume on September 1 last year. The sixth volume will go on sale on February 27. The light novel has a cumulative 300,000 copies of its volumes in print.
A manga adaptation by Hamao Sumeragi has been serialized on the Young Ace UP web magazine since January 2019. Kadokawa released the second volume last July.
Yen Press licensed both the light novel and manga adaptation in English in July and August last year. The first light novel and manga volumes shipped on December 29 and February 9, respectively.
Official site: http://ansatsu-kizoku.jp/
Official Twitter: @ansatsu_kizoku
Novel special site: https://sneakerbunko.jp/series/ansatsu-kizoku/
Source: Oricon News
Sekai Saikou no Ansatsusha, Isekai Kizoku ni Tensei suru on MAL
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