The Tale of the Outcasts anime adaptation has received its second trailer, which reveals a Japanese premiere date of January 8. The trailer previews the opening theme “Ashita no Katachi” by Ayana Taketatsu and ending theme “Rewrite” by Hakubi. 

Additional cast info dropped as well. Yuuki Ono is voicing Luther, while Shunsuke Takeuchi and Yoshitsugu Matsuoka are voicing Dandelion and Sitri respectively. 

The Tale of the Outcasts is based on the manga by Makoto Hoshino, which ran from 2019 to 2021 with eight tankoubon volumes. The Shogakukan-published manga was serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday and is published under the Shonen Sunday Comics label.

Seven Seas Entertainment describes the manga as:

This is the story of Wisteria, an orphaned girl lost in darkness, and Marbas, an immortal being who shares her loneliness. The unlikely companions met on a quiet, uneventful night, and they set off together in search of the light. What begins as a chance meeting on the edge of the late nineteenth-century British Empire soon became a full-fledged journey to find their place in the world.

Yasutaka Yamamoto (Noblesse, Servant × Service) is directing with Kenichi Yamashita (Hensuki: Are You Willing to Fall in Love with a Pervert, as Long as She’s a Cutie?) as series composer and one of the scriptwriters, Mina Oosawa (The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest, Given) as character designer, Kanta Suzuki (Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch of Mercury co-chief mecha animator) as monster designer, and Hiroaki Tsutsumi (Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie) and Kana Hashiguchi (Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games Is Tough for Mobs co-composer) as music composers. 

Other staff include Katou Yasutada (To Me, The One Who Loved You) as art director, Aiko Yamagami (The Maid I Hired Recently Is Suspicious) as color designer, and animocaramel’s Ayako Ootsuki as photography director.Ashi Productions is the animation production company.

Meanwhile, the main cast includes Ayana Taketatsu as Wisteria, Katsuyuki Konishi as Marbas, Ryouta Oosaka as Snow.