During his panel at New York Comic Con 2025, Crunchyroll presented a new trailer for the anime Yomi no Tsugai (Daemons of the Shadow Realm)adaptation of the manga written and illustrated by Hiromu Arakawa. The video confirmed that the series will premiere in April 2026 and will be broadcast during two consecutive coursescovering the spring and summer seasons.
The trailer, released with English subtitles, also revealed more members of the production team. Masahiro Ando (Sword of the Stranger) directs the anime under the studio Bones Filmwhile Noboru Takagi (Kingdom, Golden Kamuy) oversees the composition of the series. Nobuhiro Arai (Bungo Stray Dogs) is in charge of character design and also serves as chief animation director.
The soundtrack will be provided by Kenichiro Suehiro (Re:Zero, Golden Kamuy), while the design of the “Daemons” is the responsibility of Koji Sugiura and Yoshiyuki Itō. Other team members include:
- Color Setting: Yukari Goto
- Art director: Tatsuro Onishi
- Art design: Shuhei Tada, Nariyuki Ogi
- CG Director: Mizuki Sasaki
- Composition Director: Eiei Chō
- Editor: Ayumu Takahashi
- Sound director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
- Sound effects: Kosuke Ogata
The anime will be broadcast exclusively on Crunchyroll globally.
About the author, Hiromu Arakawa
Hiromu Arakawa debuted in 1999 and achieved worldwide fame with Fullmetal Alchemist (2001–2010), considered one of the most influential works of modern manga. She is also the author of silver spoon and responsible for the illustrations of The Heroic Legend of Arslan. His style is characterized by the combination of action, drama and philosophy in fantasy or social realism environments.
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