The official website for the upcoming anime adaptation of Nao Iwamoto’s The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom (Marronnier Ōkoku no Shichinin no Kishi) manga revealed the anime’s main promotional video, key visual, main cast and staff members, as well as its October 3 release date.
The cast of the anime includes:
- Kengo Takanashi as Nemukunai (Insomniac)
- Makoto Tanikawa as Hakuai (Fraternity)
- Haruki Ishiya as Atsugariya (Feverish)
- Satoshi Inomata as Samugariya (Chilly)
- Kiyoto Mizuno as Kemono Tsukai (Beast-Tamer)
- Taishi Murata as Tsurugi Jiman (Swordsman)
- Reiji Kawashima as Harapeko (Hungry)
- Akeno Watanabe as Baribara
- Show Hayami as Narrator
Kiyoko Sayama is directing the anime at J.C. Staff. Shinzō Fujita is both writing and overseeing the series scripts. Yuriko Maeda is handling the character design, Yoshiaki Fujisawa is composing the music, and Jin Aketagawa is the sound director.
The manga launched in Shogakukan’s Flowers magazine in 2016. Shogakukan will ship the 11th volume on June 10. At the moment, there is no western distributor for the manga.
NHK describes the series as follows:
The Marronnier Kingdom is located in the center of a continent comprised of eight nations. Baribara, leader of the Marronnier Kingdom, has seven sons, each with their own distinct traits.
“Sleepy,” “Benevolent,” “Gets hot easily,” “Gets cold easily,” “Beast tamer,” “Proud swordsman,” “Always hungry.”
They each differ in nature, but their life goal is the same: “One day, I will heroically rescue a beautiful princess!”
It isn’t long before these brothers leave to become ambassadors in the seven neighboring nations. What kind of encounters, trials and destinies await them in these foreign lands?
This is a fantasy romance of love and adventure in a medieval-like other world!
