#Sabikui Bisco Light Novel Series Reveals Anime Adaptation Plans

This weekend’s Kadokawa Light Novel Expo event has already brought with it a ton of new announcements, and one of the latest concerns writer Shinji Cobkubo and illustrator K Akagishi’s Sabikui Bisco series. The light novels are officially getting an anime adaptation, with Atsushi Ikariya directing at anime studio OZ.  

The announcement included a teaser trailer, visual, and more staff and cast reveals. First up, here’s the promo: 

Visual:

Cast members include: 

Bisco Akaboshi – Ryota Suzuki (Yu Ishigami in KAGUYA-SAMA: LOVE IS WAR)

Milo Nekoyanagi – Natsuki Hanae (Tanjiro Kamado in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)

Pau Nekoyanagi – Reina Kondo (Nikaido in Dorohedoro)

Chiroru Ochagama – Miyu Tomita (Riko in Made in Abyss)

STAFF

Original Creator

Shinji Cobkubo

Director

Atsushi Ikariya (animation director on episodes of Katanagatari, Akame ga KILL!) 

Assistant Director

Daisuke Mataga (animation director on Ergo Proxy, The Devil is a Part-Timer!)

Series Composition

Sadayuki Murai (Knights of Sidonia)

Character Designs

Ai Asari

Ikariya

Chief Animation Directors

Ai Asari

Norie Igawa

Composers

Takeshi Ueda

Hinako Tsubakiyama

Main Animators

Yutaka Matsubara

Momoko Kawai

Art Director

Masakazu Miyake

Art Design / Creature Designs

Yoshihiro Sono

Color Key Artist

Emi Chiba

Compositing Director of Photography

Tsubasa Takagi

Editor

Yoshiaki Kimura

Music Production

Flying Dog

Sound Director

Kisuke Koizumi

Animation Production

OZ

Volume 1 cover:

Sabikui Bisco managed to top both the new work list and overall ranking for the Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi (This Light Novel is Amazing) guidebook in 2019. The story is set in a world ravaged by a plague-like wind that caused everything to rust and corrode. Bisco Akaboshi is a mushroom hunter who teams up with a doctor named Milo to hunt down Sabikui, a medicinal mushroom that’s said to be a possible cure for the rust, which will also help save Milo’s sister from the condition. 

Via Anime News Network

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