The first trailer for Crunchyroll’s Orient boomed with action. The second looks just as frantic and fun.
The manga is by Shinobu Ohtaka, the scribe of the Magi series, and the anime will be directed by High School DxD’s Tetsuya Yanagisawa.
English versions of the manga are available on platforms like ComiXology from Kodansha Comics.
The publisher described the series;
At age 10, best friends Musashi and Kojiro sat in excited silence as Kojiro’s father spun tales of evil demons who preyed on the innocent, and the warriors who defeated them. Practicing swordplay, the two swear an oath to become the strongest in the world. But as they grow up, Kojiro turns cynical, and Musashi comes to realize that he can’t turn back 150 years of demon rule on his own. He’s being called a prodigy with a pickaxe, and he’s almost ready to settle for a life of labor. Yet he can’t shake the feeling that he still has a responsibility to act…and, soon, the injustices of his world will force his hand…
Orient is due to premiere on the 5th of January in Japan, and Crunchyroll tends to show it immediately afterwards.
Quick Links
- Orient on ComiXology.
Via Anime News Network.
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