{"id":454000,"date":"2026-05-31T11:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T11:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/454000\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T11:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T11:40:08","slug":"daemons-of-the-shadow-realm-anime-unveils-additional-cast-members-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/454000\/","title":{"rendered":"Daemons of the Shadow Realm Anime Unveils Additional Cast Members &#8211; News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The staff for the television <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2025-07-05\/hiromu-arakawa-daemons-of-the-shadow-realm-manga-gets-anime\/.226330\" data-pasted=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">anime<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=17621\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hiromu Arakawa<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=36881\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Daemons of the Shadow Realm<\/a> (Yomi no Tsugai) manga revealed five new cast members on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=49621\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Y\u016b Shimamura<\/a> as Natsuki Kurotani (right in image below), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=150008\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hayato Fujii<\/a> as Fuyuki Kurotani (left) <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"daemon1\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.9\/237987\/daemon1.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tsugai_official\/status\/2060738250638282988\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Daemons of the Shadow Realm anime&#8217;s X\/Twitter account<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9Hiromu Arakawa\/SQUARE ENIX, Project TSUGAI \u00a9Hiromu Arakawa\/SQUARE ENIX<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=113308\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ayumu Murase<\/a> as Blacklist<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"daemon2\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.9\/237987\/daemon2.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tsugai_official\/status\/2060738502283927941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Daemons of the Shadow Realm anime&#8217;s X\/Twitter account<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9Hiromu Arakawa\/SQUARE ENIX, Project TSUGAI \u00a9Hiromu Arakawa\/SQUARE ENIX<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=3836\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ako Mayama<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=427\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shigeru Chiba<\/a> will voice Tenaga Ashinaga (Long Arms Long Legs), and will appear in the anime&#8217;s 10th episode on June 6.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" alt=\"daemon3\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max600x600\/cms\/news.9\/237987\/daemon3.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Image via <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tsugai_official\/status\/2060738754629763316\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Daemons of the Shadow Realm anime&#8217;s X\/Twitter account<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9Hiromu Arakawa\/SQUARE ENIX, Project TSUGAI \u00a9Hiromu Arakawa\/SQUARE ENIX<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"434\" alt=\"ph-bg-1\" border=\"1\" src=\"\/thumbnails\/max300x600\/cms\/news.9\/233741\/ph-bg-1.webp\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9Hiromu Arakawa\/SQUARE ENIX, Project TSUGAI \u00a9Hiromu Arakawa\/SQUARE ENIX<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=19069\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Square Enix Manga &amp; Books<\/a> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2022-07-22\/square-enix-manga-and-books-licenses-daemons-of-the-shadow-realm-my-clueless-first-friend-manga\/.187915\" data-pasted=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">releasing<\/a> the manga in English, and it describes the story:<\/p>\n<p>In a remote mountain village under the watchful eyes of two stone guardians, the young Yuru contentedly lives off the land while staying close to the only family he has left\u2014Asa, his precious twin sister. Asa, meanwhile, carries out a mysterious \u201cduty\u201d on behalf of the village while locked in a cage. Why is Asa a prisoner? And what other secrets does Yuru&#8217;s otherwise idyllic home hide?<\/p>\n<p data-pasted=\"true\">The anime stars:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=3027\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Masahiro And\u014d<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=2340\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sword of the Stranger<\/a>) is directing the anime at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=26060\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bones Film<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=18669\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Noboru Takagi<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=22931\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kingdom<\/a> seasons 3-6, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=20206\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Golden Kamuy<\/a> first four seasons) is overseeing the series scripts, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=40602\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nobuhiro Arai<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=17693\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bungo Stray Dogs<\/a>) is designing the characters and serving as chief animation director. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=69237\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kenichiro Suehiro<\/a> (Golden Kamuy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=17360\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-<\/a> franchises) is composing the music. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=217639\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vaundy<\/a> performs the opening theme song (for the anime&#8217;s first half) titled &#8220;Tobu Toki&#8221; (Time to Fly), and singer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/people.php?id=176762\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">yama<\/a> performs the ending theme song &#8220;Tob\u014d yo&#8221; (Let&#8217;s Fly).<\/p>\n<p data-pasted=\"true\">Additional staff members include:<\/p>\n<p>The anime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2026-02-02\/daemons-of-the-shadow-realm-anime-new-video-unveils-more-cast-theme-songs-april-4-debut\/.233741\" data-pasted=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">premiered<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=13028\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tokyo MX<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=10651\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BS11<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=4858\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gunma TV<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=4796\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tochigi TV<\/a> channels on April 4 at 11:30 p.m. (10:30 a.m. EDT). It is also running on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=10126\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HTB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=1451\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hokkaido TV<\/a>, Aomori Broadcasting, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=7731\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miyagi TV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=7442\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sakuranbo TV<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=8739\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TV-U Fukushima<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=6387\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Television Niigata Network Co., Ltd.<\/a>, and other channels. The anime will air for two consecutive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/lexicon.php?id=123\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cours<\/a> (quarters of a year). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=7606\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crunchyroll<\/a> streamed the anime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2025-10-09\/crunchyroll-acquires-oshi-no-ko-season-3-that-time-i-got-reincarnated-as-a-slime-the-movie-tears-of-\/.229785\" data-pasted=\"true\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first<\/a> before other services and is streaming a same-day English <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2026-04-03\/daemons-of-the-shadow-realm-anime-gets-same-day-english-dub\/.236079\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">dub<\/a> for the series.<\/p>\n<p>Arakawa (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/anime.php?id=2960\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fullmetal Alchemist<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=13246\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Silver Spoon<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/news\/2021-11-11\/fullmetal-alchemist-hiromu-arakawa-launches-yomi-no-tsugai-manga-on-december-10\/.179421\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">launched<\/a> the manga in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/company.php?id=1998\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Square Enix<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/encyclopedia\/manga.php?id=4014\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Monthly Shonen Gangan<\/a> magazine in December 2021. Square Enix will publish the manga&#8217;s 13th compiled book volume on July 10.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Daemons of the Shadow Realm anime&#8217;s X\/Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tsugai_official\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">account<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ota-suke.jp\/news\/290021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Ota-Suke<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The staff for the television anime of Hiromu Arakawa&#8216;s Daemons of the Shadow Realm (Yomi no Tsugai) manga&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-454000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}