Joseph Luster
November 25, 2024 
Aniplex has announced an anime adaptation for Megumi Hatakenaka’s historical fantasy novel series Shabake. The TV anime is currently lined up for a 2025 debut, with Takahiro Okawa directing at BN Pictures.
Daiki Yamashita (Izuku “Deku” Midoriya in My Hero Academia) is in the lead as Ichitaro, and you can see the announcement video below.
Shabake Anime Announcement Video
Other staff members include Touko Machida (Smile Down the Runway) overseeing scripts, Akari Minagawa (The Perfect Prince Loves Me, the Side Character?!) on character designs and Rei Ishizuka (The Orbital Children) on music.
The series first debuted back in 2001 and has over 10 million copies in circulation. So far it has inspired everything from stage plays and musicals to manga and two live-action TV series. There was also a net anime that streamed back in July 2021 with a different cast and staff.
Set in Edo, the story follows a sickly young man with a kind heart who has a mysterious spirit watching over him.
Source: Anime News Network
