Fuji TV has announced that Jiang Jia Meizi’s Shang Shan manhua will be getting a TV anime adaptation titled Shōzen. The Shōzen anime will premiere in 2027.
The anime’s cast members include:
- Rina Kawaguchi as Shōzen
- Hiroshi Kamiya as Dōzen
- Daisuke Sakuma (Snow Man) as Ryojin
- Aoi Yūki as Kensei
- Ayumu Murase as Chiro
Itsurō Kawasaki directs the series at Dangan Pictures and Cannon Code, and Kawasaki writes the scripts. Eri Osada is the character designer and serves as chief animation director. Takurō Iga is composing the music.
Additional staff members include:
- Assistant Director: Tomohiro Matsukawa
- Monster Design/Prop Design: Kenji Yamazaki, Yūichi Karasawa
- Action Director: Yoshihiro Kanno
- Effects Supervisor: Kazunori Ozawa
- Logo Design: Seita Takahashi
- Art Director: Takamasa Nakakuki
- Color Key Artist: Takashi Nagata
- Compositing Director of Photography: Yūsaku Ishimi
- Editing: Daisuke Hiraki
- Sound Director: Itsurō Kawasaki
- Sound Effects: Sachiko Nishi
Fuji TV will air the Shōzen anime on the B8station programming block in 2027.
Jiang publishes the series on bilibili Manga. The story of the manhua and anime series focues on Taoist priest Dōzen, who encounters a young girl raised by supernatural creatures. He names the girl Shōzen and adopting her as his disciple, teaching her about about human emotion and love.
