Kodansha's July issue revealed a promotional image and trailer for the anime of Kyo Shirodaira and Chasiba Katase's In/Spectre (Kyokou Suiri or Invented Interface) manga, as well as its January 2020 premiere date. The anime's official website also began streaming a promotional video and revealed that the anime will have its world premiere at Anime Expo on July 5.
Co-produced by Crunchyroll, the animation is by Brains Base studio, the direction is by Keiji Gotoh (Kiddy Grade, Endride, Sengoku Collection), the story is by Noboru Takagi (Durarara!!, Golden Kamuy, Kuroko's Basketball) and the character design is by Takatoshi Honda (RIN-NE concept).
The anime's world premiere will be held at Anime Expo on July 5th at 4 p.m. Voice actor Mamoru Miyano, who debuts in the anime, will appear at the event.
Additionally, the anime staff revealed that Uso to Chamaeleon will write and perform the series' opening theme song.
Akari Kito and Mamoru Miyano will star in the anime as Kotoko Iwanaga and Kuro Sakuragawa, respectively.
The official website describes the supernatural mystery novel:
When she was just a girl, Kotoko was kidnapped by yokai. These spirits made her a powerful intermediary between the spirit world and the human world, but this power came at a price: an eye and a leg. Now, years later, she keeps watch over the dangerous yokai while developing feelings for a young man named Kuro, who is also special: an incident with a yokai gave him healing powers. He is surprised when Kotoko asks him to join her in dealing with the renegade yokai, preserving the fine line between reality and the supernatural.
Katase launched the manga based on a 2011 novel by Shirodaira (Spiral, The Record of a Fallen Vampire, Blast of Tempest) in Kodansha's Shōnen Magazine R in April 2015. The manga is Katase's first serialized work. It was nominated for Best Shōnen Manga at the 42nd Annual Kodansha Manga Awards in 2018. Kodansha published the 10th compiled book volume of the manga in Japan on April 17.
Source: ANN
