This year's combined 36th and 37th issues of Shueisha 's Young Jump magazine is revealing on Thursday that Ryu Fujisaki 's Hoshin Engi manga is getting a new television anime adaptation. The wording on the announcement suggests the new anime will be a remake instead of a sequel. The Young Jump issue is also revealing a teaser visual for the anime.

The issue also reveals the new anime's three main cast members.

All three voice actors are different from the previous anime series.

Fujisaki's 23-volume manga originally ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1996-2000. The manga is roughly based on the ancient Chinese novel Fengshen Yanyi . The fantasy manga and the first anime adaptation takes place thousands of years ago. An evil sorceress has bewitched the emperor of a powerful dynasty and he has become a mindless puppet. The country is in shambles and evil spirits lurk everywhere. The Confederation of the Immortal Masters plan a bold mission: they send a young master wizard to hunt down the villains and evil warlocks in the devastated lands.

Viz Media released the original manga in English between 2007-2011.