At the AnimeJapan 2022 event on Saturday, a new promotional video and new visuals were unveiled for the TV anime adaptation of Daisuke Aizawa's light novel series The Eminence in Shadow (Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute!). The event also revealed that the anime will premiere in October.
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Kazuya Nakanishi is directing the anime at Nexus, with Kanichi Kato handling series composition and Makoto Iino adapting the light novel character designs for animation.
The main cast of the anime includes:
- Seiichirō Yamashita as Cid Kagenou / Shadow
- Kana Hanazawa as Alexia Midgar
- Yōko Hikasa as Iris Midgar
- Asami Seto as Alpha
- Inori Minase as Beta
- Suzuko Mimori as Gamma
- Ai Fairouz as Delta
- Hisako Kanemoto as Epsilon
- Ayaka Asai as Zeta
- Reina Kondo as Eta
Yen Press has licensed both the light novels and the manga adaptation, describing the first volume as follows:
Even in his previous life, Cid's dream wasn’t to become a protagonist or a final boss. He’d rather keep a low profile as a minor character until it’s time to reveal he’s a mastermind… or at least do the next best thing—pretend to be one! And now that he’s been reborn into another world, he’s ready to set the perfect conditions to live out his dreams to the fullest. Armed with his overactive imagination, Cid jokingly recruits members to his organization and spins a whole backstory about an evil cult that they must defeat. As luck would have it, these imaginary foes turn out to be the real deal—and everyone but him knows the truth!
This article was originally published in German. It was translated with technical support and editorially reviewed before publication.
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