DRECOM Media has announced that Kumo Kagyu and so-bin’s Blade & Bastard series will get an anime adaptation. The release date for the anime is currently unknown. Check out the trailer for Blade & Bastard below:
Kumo Kagyu and so-bin started releasing the Blade & Bastard light novel in 2022. The manga version, licensed by Yen Press, started releasing in 2023. Both are still ongoing to this day. Kagyu is known for his work on the Goblin Slayer original manga. J-Novel Club describes the original as follows:
Deep in the unexplored reaches of the dungeon, a corpse is discovered—one that shouldn’t exist. After Iarumas is resurrected, his memories of life before death are gone, and he spends his days delving into the dungeon to retrieve the bodies of dead adventurers. Can they be revived as well? Or will God reduce them to piles of ash on the altar? Either way, Iarumas collects his finder’s fee.
And though his skills earn him some grudging respect, he’s also scorned for this cold, utilitarian attitude. The living keep their distance—Iarumas consorts primarily with the dead. That is, until he meets Garbage, a feral young swordswoman who’s the sole survivor of a massacred party. With Garbage by his side, Iarumas ventures deeper, scouring the dungeon for clues to his past, avoiding monsters, traps, and the inevitability of a permanent ashen demise.
Lastly, the Blade & Bastard anime will release at some point in the coming months. DRECOM will likely confirm more details about the series in the future.
