During AnimeJapan 2026, the staff behind the upcoming Daemons of the Shadow Realm anime revealed a new trailer showcasing its first episode. It will air on April 4.
Check out the new trailer for Daemons of the Shadow Realm below:
The cast of the Daemons of the Shadow Realm anime includes:
- Kenshō Ono as Yuru
- Yume Miyamoto as Asa
- Yūichi Nakamura as Dera
- Misaki Kuno as Gabu-chan
- Takako Honda as “Left”
- Rikiya Koyama as “Right”
- Miyuri Shimabukuro as Hana
- Junichi Suwabe as Jin
Masahiro Andō, known for his work on Sword of the Stranger, is directing the anime at Bones Film. Noboru Takagi is handling the series scripts and Nobuhiro Arai is in charge of character design. Kenichiro Suehiro is composing the music. Crunchyroll will stream the anime.
Additional staff members include:
- Daemon Design: Kōji Sugiura, Yoshiyuki Itō
- Color Setting: Yukari Goto
- Art Director: Tatsurō Ōnishi
- Art Setting: Shūhei Tada, Nariyuki Ogi
- CG Director: Mizuki Sasaki
- Composite Director: Eiei Chō
- Editor: Ayumu Takahashi
- Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
- Sound Effects: Kōsuke Ogata
Hiromu Arakawa launched the Daemons of the Shadow Realm manga in Square Enix’s Monthly Shonen Gangan magazine in December 2021. Further, Square Enix published the manga’s 10th volume on July 11. Lastly, here’s an overview of the manga series, via Square Enix:
Hiromu Arakawa, award-winning manga creator of the best-selling smash hit Fullmetal Alchemist, draws readers into an intricate new web of magic, intrigue, and life-or-death stakes! In a world where certain humans command mighty supernatural duos called Daemons, it is the birthright of “the children who sunder day and night”—twins Yuru and Asa—to rule over these powerful entities.
Separated from a young age and unaware of the truth of their birth, brother and sister must fight to make their way back to each other, claim their birthright, and save the world…
