A TV anime adaptation has been announced for Wistoria: Wand and Sword, a manga by Fujino Omori and Toshi Aoi. In addition to the first trailer, we already have a bunch of info to go on, including the main staff and cast members.
Chainsaw Man action director Tatsuya Yoshihara is at the helm for this one, with Sayaka Ono (CROSS ANGE Rondo of Angel and Dragon) on character designs and Yuki Hayashi (My Hero Academia) composing music for the Actas and Bandai Namco Pictures production. Check out the debut promo and key visual below.
Main cast members include:
Kohei Amasaki as Will Serfort:
Akira Sekine as Elfaria Alvis Serfort:
The Wistoria: Wand and Sword manga has been running in the pages of Bessatsu Shonen Magazine since December 2020. Kodansha USA publishes the manga in English and describes the story like so:
A new, magical dungeon-adventure fantasy series from the author of Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?! To fulfill the promise he made to his childhood friend, Will Serfort enters Regarden Magic Academy with the goal of making it to the top of the magical world. There’s just one problem—he doesn’t know how to use magic! Will the seemingly ordinary sword in his hand be the key to unlock his true potential?