At a talk during the AnimeJapan 2018 event on Saturday, manga creator Kazuhiro Fujita revealed that the upcoming television anime of his Karakuri Circus ( Le Cirque de Karakuri ) manga will have 36 episodes.

Masao Maruyama , the anime's creative producer also said at the event, "No one would do [a manga] this tough, so I decided I'd do it."

Studio VOLN ( Ushio & Tora , Idol Incidents ) is animating the production for Twin Engine , and Amazon will exclusively stream the anime in Japan and overseas.

Human Academy is hosting May auditions for a voice actor to play protagonist Masaru Saiga, and both professionals and amateurs can apply before the April 30 deadline.

The story centers on Masaru Saiga, a fifth-grade boy who aims to become a puppeteer. After Sadayoshi Saiga — the CEO of the giant home telephone maker Saiga and Masaru's father — passes away, Masaru inherits 18 billion yen. Masaru is targeted for his wealth, and is saved by two people. Narumi Katō is a man who has studied Kung-Fu and has a weird illness called "Zonapha Syndrome," and Shirogane is a silver-haired woman who controls the puppet "Arurukan" (Harlequin). Together, Masaru, Narumi, and Shirogane get thrown into various conspiracies by those who would try to steal Masaru's fortune.

Fujita ( Ushio & Tora ) published Karakuri Circus in Weekly Shonen Sunday from 1997 to 2006, and Shogakukan published 43 volumes for the manga. Shogakukan published the manga in a new wide edition with 23 volumes from 2011-2013. The manga has more than 15 million copies in print.

Source: Comic Natalie