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Wednesday, February 7, 2024 saw the official website of the Wistoria: Wand and Sword anime open, also announcing the anime’s production and current release window of July 2024.
The website for the anime series also shared a promotional video and key visual for the series, as well as announcing the production’s main cast and staff.
While the Wistoria: Wand and Sword anime is slated for a July 2024 premiere, there’s no word on the release date for the premiere. Furthermore, it’s likely that the date could be delayed if major issues arise in the anime’s production process, which is presumably still ongoing.
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The Wistoria: Wand and Sword anime series will serve as the television anime adaptation of author Fujino Omori and illustrator Toshi Aoi’s original manga series of the same name.
The manga series launched in December 2020 in Kodansha’s Bessatsu Shonen Magazine, where it's still regularly serialized today.
Wistoria: Wand and Sword anime currently slated for a July 2024 premiere date per latest information
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As mentioned above, the Wistoria: Wand and Sword anime series is scheduled for a premiere sometime in July 2024.
The near 30-second trailer, released alongside the announcement of the anime, primarily focuses on introducing the central characters, featuring the voice performances of some of them. The key visual features central characters Will Serfort and Elfaria Alvis Serfort.
Kohei Amasaki will play Will Serfort, and Akira Sekina will play Elfaria Alvis Serfort. Amasaki’s notable prior roles in the anime industry include Haruo Yaguchi in Hi Score Girl, Neito Monoma in My Hero Academia and Otto Suwen in Re:ZERO.
Sekine’s notable prior roles include Anaak Jahad in Tower of God and Lily Lipman in Birdie Wing -Golf Girls’ Story-.
Tatsuya Yoshihara is directing the anime at Actas and Bandai Namco Pictures studios.
Sayaka Ono is designing the characters and also serving as chief animation director. Yuki Hayashi is composing the music at Lantis. Additional staff includes the following:
- Monster design: Raita Sunaga, Yoshirou Harada, Ryou Akizuki
- Prop design: Ryou Akizuki
- Color design: Naomi Nakano
- Art director: Yuki Maeda
- Art: Studio Easter
- Director of photography: Ayako Otsuki
- Photography: animocaramel
- CG director: Morihito Abe
- Editor: Masato Yoshitake
- Sound director: Hiroto Morishita
- Sound: Jinnan Studio
Kodansha USA Publishing releases the manga in English, having released the sixth compilation volume on September 12, 2023. They describe the story as follows:
“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?”
Make sure to keep up with all anime, manga, film, and live-action news as 2024 progresses.
