HIDIVE to Stream Chained Soldier Anime

HIDIVE announced on Tuesday that it will stream the television anime of writer Takahiro and artist Yōhei Takemura's Chained Soldier (Mato Seihei no Slave or literally, Slave of the Magic Capital's Elite Troops) manga for the winter 2024 season. HIDIVE will screen the North American premiere of the anime's first two episodes on November 17 at this year's Anime NYC event in New York City.

The anime will premiere in January 2024. The series was previously slated to premiere this year.

The anime stars:

• Yūya Hirose as Yūki Wakura
• Akari Kitō as Kyōka Uzen
• Yume Miyamoto as Himari Azuma
• Mari Hino as Shushu Suruga
• Hina Tachibana as Nei Ōkawamura
• Maaya Uchida as Tenka Izumo
• Nene Hieda as Yachiho Azuma
• Reina Ueda as Sahara Wakasa
• Tomori Kusunoki as Aoba Wakura
• Sayaka Senbongi as Koko Zenibako
• Rina Hidaka Naon Yuno

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The battle fantasy is set in a world where a demonic gate has unleashed monsters known as Shūki. A special peach tree is able to give special powers, but only to women. The story begins when a down-on-his-luck boy named Yūki Wakura meets Uzen Kyōka, a girl who has gained the power of the peach, and is the captain of the 7th Anti-Demon Squad.

Junji Nishimura (Ranma ½) is the anime's general director. Gorō Kuji (Bungo and Alchemist -Gears of Judgement-) is directing the anime at Seven Arcs (Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, White Album, Trinity Seven). Yasuhiro Nakanishi (Kaguya-sama: Love is War) is handling the series composition, and Ryōta Kanō and Akira Kindaichi (Bakugan Battle Planet) are writing the script. Hiroyuki Yoshii (Tawawa on Monday) is designing the characters. Kaoru Nishimura (Trinity Seven: Eternal Library & Alchemic Girl) is in charge of color design. Kohta Yamamoto (Attack on Titan The Final Season) is composing the music, and Chikako Yokota (The Seven Deadly Sins: Imperial Wrath of The Gods) is directing the sound.

Akari Kitō is performing the anime's opening theme song. Maaya Uchida is performing the ending theme song.

Takahiro (Akame ga KILL!) and Takemura (Papa no Iu Koto o Kikinasai! manga) launched the manga on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ manga website in January 2019.

Source: Press release