Shabake Anime Reveals 1st Trailer and Visual

The Shabake TV anime has received its first trailer and visual.

Other new reveals include:

• An October premiere window
• Koji Okino‘s casting as Nikichi
• Taku Yashiro‘s casting as Sasuke
• Kujira‘s “Inochi no Parade” being the opening theme song

Shabake is based on a historical fantasy novel series written by Megumi Hatakenaka and published under the Shinchosha Bunko label. The protagonist Ichitaro is the sickly young master of a large store in Edo-era Japan who is watched over by supernatural beings. When Ichitaro sneaks out one night, he ends up witnessing a murder. More killings follow, causing Ichitaro to embark on an investigation with the help of his supernatural allies. 

The book series was an Excellence Award recipient at the 13th Nihon Fantasy Novel Taishou in 2001.

Staff

• Director: Takahiro Okawa (Mononogatari assistant director) 
• Series composer: Toko Machida (The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord’s Army was a Human)
• Character designer: Akari Minagawa (Attack on Titan Final Season The Final Chapters co-animation director) 
• Animation production: BN Pictures

Cast

• Daiki Yamashita as Ichitaro

Sources: @shabake, Shabake anime website