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Bride of the Barrier Master Anime Streams Videos for Leads Hana Ichise, Saku Ichinomiya
posted on by Joanna Cayanan
The staff for the television anime of Kureha's Bride of the Barrier Master (Kekkaishi no Ichirinka) light novel series started streaming the character promotional videos for Hana Ichise and Saku Ichinomiya on Sunday.
Hana Ichise (voiced by Akari Kitō)
Saku Ichinomiya (voiced by Kikunosuke Toya)
Yen Press' Yen On imprint publishes the light novels in English and describes the story:
For thousands of years, Japan has been protected by five clans wielding barrier-weaving magic. Born to a branch family of one such clan, eighteen-year-old Hana has always been stuck in the shadow of her more capable, beautiful, and popular twin sister. When a strong power awakens within Hana, she chooses to hide it so she can continue living a quiet life out of the spotlight. But that ideal lifestyle begins to slip out of reach when Saku Ichinomiya takes over as the new head of the Ichinomiya clan and sets out to find a bride strong enough to stand by his side. Eager to keep her abilities secret, Hana steers clear of Saku... but will she be tempted to sign a marriage contract if it guarantees the peaceful, quiet future of her dreams?
The anime will also star:
- Kanon Takao as Hazuki Ichise
- Hiroto Shimizu as Nozomi Ichinomiya
- Yuzuki Tamukai as Azuha
- Taihi Kimura as Aoi
- M.A.O as Miyabi
Tōru Kitahata (Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It, Welcome to Japan, Ms. Elf!, Hinako Note) is directing the anime at TROYCA. Minami Murayama (ATRI: My Dear Moments six episodes, IDOLiSH7 Third Beat! three episodes animation director) is designing the characters, and Yūko Kakihara (Blue Box, Cells at Work!, 2022 & 2024 Urusei Yatsura) is in charge of the series scripts. Yukari Hashimoto (Mr. Osomatsu, Penguindrum), Ruka Kawada (Is the order a rabbit?, Isekai Quartet), and R.O.N (Kusunoki's Garden of Gods, FLCL Alternative) are composing the music.
The anime will premiere in January 2027. The anime will stream on Netflix and on other streaming platforms.
Kadokawa published the novels' first volume with Bodax's illustrations in December 2021, and it published the seventh volume on June 16. The novels have over 2.5 million copies in circulation.
Odayaka's manga adaptation launched on Kadokawa's B's-LOG COMIC digital manga magazine in March 2022. Kadokawa will publish the manga's ninth compiled book volume on December 28. Yen Press also publishes the manga adaptation in English.
Sources: Press release, Comic Natalie
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