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Maō Gakuin no Futekigōsha Light Novels Get TV Anime
posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
The "Dengeki Bunko Aki no Namahōsō Festival" event on Sunday revealed that Shu's Maō Gakuin no Futekigōsha ~Shijō Saikyō no Maō no Shiso, Tensei Shite Shison-tachi no Gakkō e Kayō light novel series is inspiring a television anime series.
The anime will star Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Anoth. The anime's staff have opened a website and Twitter account for the anime.
Square Enix will publish Kayaharuka's manga adaptation of the novels in English under the title The Misfit of Demon King Academy: History's Strongest Demon King Reincarnates and Goes to School with His Descendants starting in 2020, and the company describes the manga's story:
Despite their appetite for destruction, even demon kings tire of all the blood and chaos sometimes! When Anoth reincarnates in the hopes of a more peaceful life, he ends up going to school with his descendants in his old castle 2,000 years later. But with magic on its last legs in this era, no one is able to assess Anoth's true power!
Shu launched the novel series on the Shōsetsu ni Narō website in April 2017. Kadokawa is publishing the novels with illustrations by Yoshinori Shizuma, and will publish the fifth volume on October 10. Kayaharuka's manga adaptation launched in July 2018 on Square Enix's Manga UP! website, and Square Enix will publish the third volume on October 10.
Source: Dengeki Bunko Aki no Namahōsō Festival livestream
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