Black Summoner Anime's 1st Full Promo Unveils More Cast & Staff

The staff for the television anime of Doufu Mayoi and Kurogin's Black Summoner (Kuro no Shōkanshi) light novel series debuted the anime's first full promotional video and a key visual on Sunday. The video reveals two more cast members and more staff members.

The newly announced cast members are:

Yume Miyamoto as Rion, another reincarnated adventurer like Kelvin

Konomi Inagaki as Ange, the adventurer guild's guide

The newly announced staff members are:

• Sub-Character Designer: Sachiko Oohashi
• Monster/Prop Design: Kō Inaba
• Art Setting: Kenji Kato (Studio Pinewood)
• Color Key Artist: Eri Suzuki
• Compositing Director of Photography: Natsumi Uchida
• Editor: Shūji Matsumoto
• CGI Supervisor: Hiroyuki Goto
• CGI Director: Reina Nakamura
• Music Production: Flying Dog

The anime stars:

• Kouki Uchiyama as Kelvin
• Manaka Iwami as Efil
• Reina Ueda as Melfina
• Randhi as Clotho
• Yousuke Akimoto as Geral
• Minori Suzuki as Sera

J-Novel Club has licensed both the novels and the manga adaptation, and is releasing both in English digitally. The company describes the story:

Waking up in a strange new place with no memory of his past life, Kelvin learns that he's bartered away those very memories in exchange for powerful new abilities during his recent transmigration. Heading out into a whole new world as a Summoner — with his first Follower being the very goddess who brought him over! — Kelvin begins his new life as an adventurer, and it isn't long before he discovers his hidden disposition as a battle junkie. From the Black Knight of the Ancient Castle of Evil Spirits to the demon within the Hidden Cave of the Sage, he revels in the fight against one formidable foe after another. Join this OP adventurer in an exhilarating and epic saga as he and his allies carve their way into the annals of history!

Yoshimasa Hiraike (Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, Sketchbook ~full color'S~, AKB0048) is directing the anime at Satelight, and is also overseeing the series scripts. Miwa Oshima (Ao-chan Can't Study!, My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!) is designing the characters for animation. Satoshi Motoyama is the sound director, and MICHIRU and Yuri Miyazono are composing the music.

The anime will premiere in July.

Mayoi began serializing the original story on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in October 2014, where it is still ongoing. Gin Ammo launched the manga adaptation of the novels on Overlap's Comic Gardo website in January 2018.

Sources: Black Summoner anime's Twitter account, Comic Natalie