The staff of the TV anime adaptation of Dr. Poro and Nabana Naba’s The Vermilion Mask manga series have released the anime’s creditless opening (OP) and ending (ED) sequences alongside the anime’s first episode. As previously announced, MAN WITH A MISSION performs the OP theme song “Firestarter,” and yutori performs the ED theme song “Koe.”
MAN WITH A MISSION describes “Firestarter” as “a powerful song, one that could give a push to the adventure of these young people who have been saddled with such a cruel fate.”
yutori said, “You can’t erase the past, but the act of carrying it and still trying to move forward is surely something that overlaps with our own everyday lives.”
The Vermilion Mask will run for two cours, and Crunchyroll will stream the anime.
MAN WITH A MISSION performs the opening theme song “Firestarter,” and yutori performs the ending theme song “Koe.”
The new cast members include:
- Kenji Nojima as Hien
- Aoi Koga as Lasgarl
- Yuki Shin as Clown
- Akihisa Wakayama as Rinne
- Aya Endo as The Mask of Necromancy
- Yui Horie as Master
The main cast of The Vermilion Mask includes:
- Taihi Kimura as Peru d’Arrest
- Yuuki Yamamoto as Sonarue Maywood
- Kazuki Ura as Mok Sharib
- Takanori Hoshino as Gouon
- Wataru Komada as Totoque
- Junya Enoki as Zent
- Kazuhiko Inoue as Gaston
- Akio Otsuka as Mask of the Warrior God
Tetsuaki Watanabe directs The Vermilion Mask at anime studio 100Studio (WOW Studio). Gai Hazako is the assistant director, Daisuke Ōhigashi is in charge of series composition, and Hisashi Higashijima is the character designer. Fumiyuki Go is the sound director, and Arisa Okehazama is the music composer.
Here’s an overview of the anime series:
“The Mask” gives power to anyone who wears it. At times, that means endless possibility, or unimaginable tragedy…
Peru, pupil of the legendary mask maker Gaston Roux, becomes controlled by the “Mask of the Warrior God,” and unintentionally kills his friends, and even his own master.
In order to prevent this type of tragedy from reoccurring, Peru swears to destroy all of Gaston’s masks that are spread around the world. Confronting the sins that he has committed, he embarks on his voyage. Meeting new friends, then confronting powerful foes. The boy continues on. Until the day he can atone for his sins against his master.
Resist.
Your enemies.
Your fate.
Your regrets.
Dr. Poro and Naba launched the manga series in Shonengahosha’s Young King Ours magazine in February 2021. Shonengahosha publishes the manga in print. Orange’s emaqi e-bookstore platform publishes The Vermilion Mask in English, and volumes 1-9 of the original manga are now on sale. Fans can keep up with updates on The Vermillion Mask TikTok and X (formerly Twitter) accounts.
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