Happinet Phantom Studios opened an official website for a television anime adaptation of Ryousuke Hata and Anajiro‘s Maougun Saikyou no Majutsushi wa Ningen datta (The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord’s Army was a Human) manga on Friday and revealed the main cast, staff, teaser promo, and a teaser visual (pictured). The television anime is scheduled to premiere in 2024.
Cast
Ike: Jun Fukuyama (Nanatsu no Taizai)
Satie: Hina Tachibana (Mato Seihei no Slave)
Cefiro: Shizuka Itou (Himesama “Goumon” no Jikan desu)
Dairokuten Demon Lord: Manaka Iwami (Tensei Oujo to Tensai Reijou no Mahou Kakumei)
Lilith: Azumi Waki (Shangri-La Frontier: Kusoge Hunter, Kamige ni Idoman to su)
Staff
Director: Norihiko Nagahama (Noumin Kanren no Skill bakka Agetetara Nazeka Tsuyoku Natta.)
Series Composition: Touko Machida (Saikyou Onmyouji no Isekai Tenseiki)
Character Design: Masami Sueoka (Noumin Kanren no Skill bakka Agetetara Nazeka Tsuyoku Natta.)
Music: Kohta Yamamoto (Mato Seihei no Slave)
Studio: Studio A-CAT
Hata began writing the original action fantasy story as a web novel on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website in February 2016. Futabasha acquired the novel and published the first volume under its Monster Bunko imprint in September 2016, featuring illustrations by KUMA. Futabasha published the fifth and final volume in April 2018. The light novel and manga have a cumulative 750,000 copies of its volumes in circulation.
Anajiro began drawing the manga adaptation in Monster Comics magazine in August 2019. The ninth volume went on sale in June 2023, and the tenth volume is scheduled for a January 30 release.
Synopsis
“Maou Army’s strongest magician” I’m called. Ike, a demon capable of capturing a fort alone. Clearing away enemies with immense magic, he is without a doubt a monster awed by friend and foe. However he has a secret he can’t tell other demons. “I, actually I’m human you know.” Using modern knowledge to keep his secret, he became treated as a great commander and the driving force of the Maou’s army. (Source: MU)
Teaser PV
Official site: https://maougun-anime.com/
Official X (Twitter): @maougun_pr
Source: PR Times