An anime adaptation was announced for Yu Shimizu’s The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy light novel series back in October 2021, and now we have another look at what’s in the works for this one. The series is set to premiere in October 2023, and will star Ai Kakuma as Roselia, Tomofumi Ikezoe as Blackas and Daisuke Hirakawa as Dark Lord Leonis.
Check out a new trailer below and read on for more info:
The opening theme song will be Chiai Fujikawa’s “1000-nen Ai,” and the ending theme will be Kaho’s “Yururi.” There’s also a new visual:
The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy anime is directed by Hiroyuki Morita, with Kunihiko Okada
Yen Press publishes The Demon Sword Master of Excalibur Academy in English and sums up the story:
Battles for ancient kingdoms are nothing compared to the battles of a classroom!
Awakening from magical stasis after a thousand years, the Dark Lord Leonis suddenly finds himself in the body of a ten-year-old boy! He quickly meets Riselia, a girl confronting the Voids, creatures that have nearly exterminated humanity. Determined to uncover the mysteries of this strange new era, Leonis enrolls in Excalibur Academy, a school that trains students to fight back against these enigmatic monsters. Could the Voids hold some connection to Leonis’s past?
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