TV anime "Shogun's Altair" to start airing in summer 2017!　Additional Cast Members: Yuu Kobayashi and Takahiro Sakurai

New key visuals and other latest information from the TV anime "Shogun's Altair" have been released.

Altair of the Shogunate" is a manga serialized in "Monthly Shonen Sirius" (Kodansha) by Kotono Katou. Set in Torkiye Shogunate, a country of grasslands and deserts ruled by a ruler called Shogun (Pasha), the popular work depicts with a delicate touch how Mahmut, the youngest Shogun in Torkiye history, takes on interstate intrigue and plotting. The anime is directed by Kazuhiro Furuhashi, series composition by Noboru Takagi, character design by Toshiyuki Kanno, and animation production by MAPPA.
⇒ " Shogun's Altair" will be adapted into a TV anime in 2017!　Cast includes Ayumi Murase, Shin Furukawa, KENN, Katsuyuki Konishi, Kenjiro Tsuda

At the "AnimeJapan2017" event held on March 25 and 26, 2017, it was announced that this work will be broadcast in the MBS "Anime-ism" slot from July for two consecutive seasons.

In addition, a new key visual depicting Mahmut, Zaganos, and Rui, as well as a new 3-minute 20-second long PV were released, and it was announced that Yu Kobayashi and Takahiro Sakurai will play the roles of Lerederik and Gralat, respectively.

Characters] (*Honorifics omitted)

Lerederik (CV: Yuu Kobayashi)
Duchess of Ellevardez, a territory of the Bartholin Empire. She is the niece of the Baltic emperor Goldobard XI. She has a rough personality and sometimes ignores the plans of Louis.

Glarat (CV: Takahiro Sakurai)
A close associate in the service of Lerederik. For the sake of the future of his hometown of Erle Valdez, he joins in with Lerederik in his schemes against Louis. He commands the Erl mountain soldiers, who are said to be among the most elite in the empire, and he is also extremely skilled in battle.