The official website of the Owari no Seraph (Seraph of the End) manga has announced that an anime adaptation of Takaya Kagami, Daisuke Furuya and Yamato Yamamoto’s series is currently in production.
In addition to the announcement on the website, the official Twitter account of the editors of Shueisha’s Jump Square magazine has also made the announcement, and states that details about the cast and production staff will be revealed in upcoming issues of the magazine.
[終わりのセラフTVアニメ化決定!!]情報解禁!鏡貴也×山本ヤマト×降矢大輔先生の学園吸血鬼ダークファンタジーがアニメになります。制作スタッフやキャストの詳細は今後の誌面にて順次発表予定です。乞うご期待＆拡散お願いします!!!K http://t.co/DRC8gCTwyl
— ジャンプSQ.編集部 (@JUMP_SQ) August 28, 2014
Owari no Seraph (Seraph of the End) is a manga series written by Takaya Kagami, illustrated by Yamato Yamamoto and storyboarded by Daisuke Furuya. Kagami is also the creator of the The Legend of the Legendary Heroes light novel series, and Yamamoto is known for illustrating the Kure-nai light novels, both of which already received anime adaptations. The series began in 2012 in Shueisha’s Jump Square magazine and to date has a total of 5 volumes published. The series’ 6th volume will release in Japan on September 4th.
Here is a synopsis of the series from MAL:
One day, a mysterious virus appeared on Earth which killed every infected human over the age of 13. At the same time, vampires emerged from the world’s dark recesses and enslaved mankind. Enter Hyakuya Yuuichirou, a young boy, who along with the rest of the children from his orphanage, are treated as livestock by the vampires. Even in captivity, Yuuichirou dreams big. He dreams of killing vampires. He dreams of killing them all.
Further details about the anime adaptation of Owari no Seraph will be released in future issues of Jump Square magazine.
You can visit the manga’s website here: http://jumpsq.shueisha.co.jp/rensai/owarinoseraph/
Source Images – Owari no Seraph mang website
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