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'Eiyū' Kaitai Anime's Cast, Staff, Theme Song, Visual, November Debut Revealed

posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Kyōhei Koyama's novel about alternate-world heroes reintegrating to society on November 23

The anime adaptation OVA on Thursday. The recently opened official website for the anime is also streaming a promotional video for the anime.

The OVA's cast includes:

The anime will debut on November 23 in both a Blu-ray Disc and DVD release.

Omamori Himari) is composing the music.

Satomi Satou is performing the OVA's theme song "crystal song." The song will ship as part of Satou's third single "Ame no Iolite" on October 12.

The story centers on a boy named Uro Yamada, and a 17-year old girl named Karon. Both work as part of the "Hero Retirement and Return to Everyday Life Assistance Agency," which takes heroes from another world back to Earth and helps them reintegrate into everyday life. Karon, a former hero herself, works under Uro as they tackle cases, and also lives with him, with Uro constantly failing to rein in Karon's hero-like behavior even as he tries to ingrain the behavior of common people into her.

The announcement did not specify whether the anime will adapt one of the novel's six chapters, or if it will be an original story.

The book won the "Kodansha BOX-AiR Newcomer of the Year Award" in 2014. Illustrator Kazeno draws the art for the serialized novels.

The Kodansha Box imprint and King Records' Anime Mirai 2013 lineup.

The shipped on March 9.

Update: Embedded video. Thanks, Dennis R.

Source: MoCa News, Anime! Anime! (Katsunori Takahashi)


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