Crunchyroll previously reported on the development of Gin no Guardian, a TV anime based on a popular Chinese web comic with animation production by HAOLINERS and Animation Company Emon. Now more information is available, including the main staff and the tentative release schedule. The staff for Gin no Guardian includes:

Series director: Masahiko Ohkura

Director: Ken Ando

Series composition: Yuuji Hosono

Scenario / design works: Hidefumi Kimura

Character design: Yuichi Tanaka

Producer: Shouji Murahama

Gin no Guardian ("Silver Guardian", although the kanji read as "guardian" usually means "grave-keeper") is based on the Chinese web comic Yín Zhī Shǒu Mù Rén written and illustrated by Líng Méng and published on the Téngxùn Dòngmàn ("Tencent Animation") website.









The story of Gin no Guardian follows Suigin Riku and Rei Riku, a pair of high school students who are also professional caliber gamers. One day, Suigin and Rei find themselves in transported into the virtual world of the new game "Grave Buster". There Suigin must take on the role of a "guardian" protecting a god's tomb from grave-robbers in order to save Rei.









Gin no Guardian is scheduled to debut on Japanese television in 2017.

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