Historical fantasy series premieres in 2017

The official website for the television anime adaptation of Kotono Katō's historical fantasy manga Shōkoku no Altair announced on Wednesday that Junichi Suwabe will play Abiriga.

Suwabe will appear at a stage event with five of the other main cast members at AnimeJapan 2017 on March 25. This year's AnimeJapan will be held at the Tokyo Big Sight convention center from March 23 to March 26.

The anime stars: (Note: character name romanizations aren't official.)

Ayumu Murase as Mahmut

Makoto Furukawa as Zaganos

KENN as Kyros

Katsuyuki Konishi as Sleiman

Kenjiro Tsuda as Rui

Kenichi Ogata as Khalil

Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Getbackers, Rurouni Kenshin TV series and OVAs, Mobile Suit Gundam UC) is directing the project at MAPPA (Kids on the Slope, Yuri!!! on Ice, In This Corner of the World). Noboru Takagi (Durarara!!, Baccano!, Kuroko's Basketball) is handling the series composition, Toshiyuki Kanno (Garo the Animation, Black Blood Brothers) is the character designer, and Takashi Igari (episode director of The [email protected], Punch Line) is the assistant director. Ryo Kawasaki (Fate/Grand Order: First Order, Luger Code 1951, Reikenzan: Eichi e no Shikaku) is composing the music.

The rest of the staff includes:

Art Setting: Iho Narita (KUSANAGI)

Art Director: Kazuo Ogura (KUSANAGI)

Prop Design: Daisuke Niitsuma

Color Key: Azusa Sasaki

Director of Photography: Yoshihisa Oyama

3D Director: Ryoichi Ishigami

Sound Director: Eriko Kimura

The anime will premiere in 2017.

The manga's story centers on Mahmut, a young member of Türkiye Stratocracy's council who holds the political and military title of Pasha. The council's combination of warmongers and pacifists divide it. The threat of war and danger from the belligerent Empire put Türkiye's safety at risk. As the country's youngest military leader, Mahmut is determined to keep the peace. But with so much at stake, a long history of enemies and alliances draws the young man far into a political world he hopes to keep in check. The Pasha's journey is not easy, and war may prevail despite his efforts.