Magi: Adventure of Sinbad TV Anime Announced

Joseph Luster September 29, 2015

Magi: Adventure of Sinbad—a spinoff of Shinobu Ohtaka’s Magi manga by Ohtaka and Yoshifumi Ōtera—has more anime in the works according to the official website. Five OVA episodes previously shipped with volumes of the manga, and now its getting a TV anime, with an April 2016 debut set for MBS’s Animeism block.

The Magi: Adventure of Sinbad TV anime will feature the same cast and staff of the OVA series, including director Yoshikazu Miyao (Inazuma Eleven), writer Taku Kishimoto (Haikyu!!), character designer Souichirou Sako, and composer Tomohiro Ōkubo. Anime studio Lay-duce (Classroom Crisis) handles animation production.

Returning cast members include Daisuke Ono as Sinbad, Akira Ishida as Yunan, Tomokazu Sugita as Drakon, Ai Kayano as Serendine, Katsuyuki Konishi as Badr, Yōko Hikasa as Esra, Keiji Fujiwara as Hinahoho, Takahiro Sakurai as Jafar, Ayumi Fujimura as Pipirika, Takehito Koyasu as Barbarossa, and Hiroki Touchi as Baal.