Coming this winter, Haoliners Animation League, the creators of To Be Hero, will be presenting TV animation Spiritpact. Based on the Chinese BL web manga of the same name, the series will premiere in January, and will receive a full re-dub for Japanese broadcast. A January 7th debut has now been announced. Check out the new visual that goes with the date...

MyAnimeList offers this synopsis:

Heir of an old famous family of exorcists, Keika You is stricken by poverty after losing his parents. He struggles as a street fortune teller and computer recovery part timer to earn money. One night in a junkyard, he meets the mysterious yet charismatic exorcist, Ki Tanmoku, fighting an evil spirit. This encounter is the beginning of a fated story for Keika. Unfortunately for him, he was actually hit by a car and became a ghost. That was when the handsome exorcist Ki appeared and asked Keika to make a "pact" with him to fight evil spirits together. Here starts the friendship of our heroes!

In the Japanese dub, Keika You will be voiced by Yuuichi Iguchi (Touken Ranbu: Hanamaru) and Ki Tanmoku will be voiced by Shunsuke Takeuchi (Bungou Stray Dogs). Rumi Ookubo of Yuru Yuri will appear as a character named Shiyou Shin.

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Scott Green is editor and reporter for anime and manga at geek entertainment site Ain't It Cool News. Follow him on Twitter at @aicnanime.