An anime is officially on the way to adapt Tadashi Kubo and Nokito’s The Water Magician light novels. According to TO Books, the series will premiere on TBS and other stations in Japan this July.
Ayumu Murase is in the lead as Ryo, alongside Kazuki Ura as Abel and Kaede Hondo as Sera.
Hideyuki Satake (episodes of Delicious in Dungeon) is directing, with Jun Kumagai (Aquarion Logos) on scripts and Yuka Kozutsumi on character designs for the Typhoon Graphics and Wonderland production. You can see an announcement trailer and visual below.
The Water Magician Anime Trailer
The novels and Bokutengo’s manga adaptation are both available in English from J-Novel Club, which describes the story like so:
The Water Magician Plot
Ryo is delighted to be reincarnated into the fantastical world of Phi, where he thinks he’ll get to live a quiet life learning to use his newfound water magic. Going with the flow here, however, means something very different. Ryo is immediately pitted against the wild lands he winds up in and the slew of deadly monsters that call the remote subcontinent home.
You’d think he’d forget about taking it easy when he’s stuck fighting for his life, but lucky for Ryo, he’s naturally optimistic, clever, and blessed with the hidden “Eternal Youth” trait. Twenty years pass in the blink of an eye, and each encounter along the way pushes him one step closer to the pinnacle of human magic. Little does he realize that’s only the opening chapter of his tale. A fateful meeting soon thrusts Ryo to the forefront of history, forever changing the course of his life…
Thus begins the adventures of the strongest water magician the world has ever seen—who also likes to do things at his own pace!
Source: Anime News Network