Nicole S. Castro
Aug 10, 2022
Reincarnated as a Sword airs on October 5, 2022!
By: Nicole S. Castro on August 10, 2022 at 17:43 PHT
A second promotional video has been released for the TV anime adaptation of Yuu Tanaka and Llo's fantasy light novel series Reincarnated as a Sword.
The anime is scheduled to air on Oct. 5, 2022 and is animated by studio C2C.
As the title suggests, the main character (CV: Shin-ichiro Miki) is reincarnated in another world as a sword and is an intelligent weapon who stayed alone in a forest, absorbing magical power until someone worthy could wield him. The young catgirl slave Fran (CV: Ai Kakuma) discovers him and names him "Master/Teacher."
The second PV also introduces additional cast (listed below) and the theme songs. The opening theme song is Tensei Shitara Ken Deshita by KISIDA KYODAN & THE AKEBOSI ROCKETS while the ending song is more＜STRONGLY by Maon Kurosaki.
Additional Cast
Amanda (CV: Ami Koshimizu)
Klimt (CV: Wataru Hatano)
Android (CV: Toru Inada)
Nell (CV: Rumi Okubo)
Gallus (CV: Shinpachi Tsuji)
Reincarnated as a Sword (Japanese: 転生したら剣でした, Romaji: Tensei Shitara Ken Deshita), also known as Tenken (転剣), is a Japanese light novel series written by Yuu Tanaka and illustrated by Llo. It started as a web novel on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in October 2015. It was later published as a light novel by Micro Magazine.
The series has received a manga adaptation by Tomowo Maruyama, published by Gentosha, as well as a spin-off manga by Hinako Inoue, published by Micro Magazine.
Both the light novels and manga were licensed for North American release by Seven Seas Entertainment, as well as the spin-off.
Staff
Original work: Yuu Tanaka (serialized in Micro Magazine's GC Novels)
Character draft: Llo
Director: Shinji Ishihira
Series composition/Screenplay: Takahiro Nagano
Character design/Animation director: Atsuko Saito
Music: Yasuharu Takanashi (Team-MAX)
Animation production: C2C
Production: Reincarnated as a Sword Production Committee
Source: Reincarnated as a Sword official Twitter, official website, Comic Natalie
NICOLE S. CASTRO
Author
Nicole is based in the Philippines and works as a freelance Japanese Translator/Interpreter and copywriter (English). She is a JLPT N2 passer who watches anime to "study" for N1. She has a long career history on LinkedIn (with primary focus on media and translation), but her anime watchlist is much, much longer.