With this teaser, it was announced that the anime series adaptation of the manga The Blue Wolves of Mibu (Ao no Miburo) by Tsuyoshi Yasuda will premiere in the Fall 2024 anime season. Below you can see a promotional image.
With animation by the studio Maho Film (A Playthrough of a Certain Dude’s VRMMO Life), directed by Kumiko Habara (I’m Standing on 1,000,000 Lives., I’m the Villainess, So I’m Taming the Final Boss, Surgeon Elise), the argument is Kenta Ihara (Gamera -Rebirth-, I’m the Villainess, So I’m Taming the Final Boss, Uncle From Another World) and the character design is by Miyako Nishida (My Unique Skill Makes Me OP even at Level 1, If It’s for My Daughter, I’d Even Defeat a Demon Lord). Music is the responsibility of Yuki Hayashi.
In the cast we have:
Shūichirō Umeda like Nio.
Yōhei Azakami as Hijikata Toshizō,
Kensho Ono like Okita Sōji,
Chiaki Kobayashi as Saitō Hajime,
Shun Horie like Tanaka Tarō,
Ryōta Takeuchi as Serizawa Kamo.
The Blue Wolves of Mibu began publication in October 2021 in Weekly Shōnen Magazine.
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