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Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho TV Anime Adaptation Announced for Spring 2017

At the recent 2016 Dengeki Bunko Thanksgiving event, it was announced that Kakeru Kobashiri and Yoshinori Shizuma’s Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho (Starting the Magical Book from Zero) light novel series will be adapted into a TV anime series for Spring 2017. The first visual, cast and staff members, and first promotional video were also revealed on the anime’s website.

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The first members of the anime were revealed and features:

  • Yumiri Hanamori (Chiaya Misono from Rolling☆Girls) voicing as Zero
  • Tsuyoshi Koyama (Galileo in Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon) as The Mercenary
  • You Taichi (Sayori Mizushima in Love Lab) will voice Albus

The production staff currently consists of:

  • Director: Tetsuo Hirakawa (Kawa no Hikari, Hori-san to Miyamura-kun)
  • Anime Character Designers: Ryosuke Kimiya (Akame ga KILL! and Hataraku Maou-sama! Animation Director) and Daisuke Mataga (Sakasama no Patema)
  • Animation Studio: Infinite (Assistance on Shirobako, Nagi no Asukara)

Here is the anime’s first promotional video:

Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho (Starting the Magical Book from Zero) is a fantasy adventure light novel series written by Kakeru Kobashiri with illustrations by Yoshinori Shizuma. The series began in late 2013 with a total of 7 compiled volumes, being published by Kadokawa’s Dengeki Bunko imprint. The series won the grand prize of the 20th Dengeki Novel Awards in its debut year. A manga adaptation of the series began in 2014 serialized in Dengeki Maoh magazine.A spin-off manga began publication earlier this year.

Here is the series synopsis from MAL:

It was the year 526. The world knew that witches existed, and that they practiced the notorious art of sorcery. Nevertheless, the world did not know anything about the study of magic.

Our story follows a half-man, half-beast mercenary; humans mockingly call his kind the “fallen beasts.” He always dreamt of becoming a human, but one day, he met a witch who would change his life forever.

“Do you desire a human form? Then be my escort, mercenary!”

The witch introduced herself as “Zero,” and explained that she was searching for a one-of-a-kind magical tome that bandits had stolen from her lair. Entitled “The Book of Zero,” the grimoire supposedly contained valuable magical knowledge that could be used to effortlessly bring the world to its knees.

Thus, in order to realize his dream of becoming a human, the mercenary must accompany Zero on her journey—despite her being one of the witches he so loathed.

This is the story of a haughty sorceress and a kindhearted beast.

A TV anime adaptation of Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho has been announced and will air in the Spring 2017 anime season, which generally begins in April. Further details about the adaptation will be revealed in the upcoming months.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://zeronosyo.com/
And follow their Twitter: @zeronosyo

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