New Saga TV Anime Announces Postponement Due to Various Reasons
The official Twitter for the forthcoming TV anime adaptation of Masayuki Abe’s fantasy light novel series New Saga announced the postponement of the broadcast due to various reasons today. The adaptation produced by Sotsu, Makaria, and Yokohama Animation Laboratory was originally set to premiere in July 2023.
The statement from the production committee reads:
Due to various reasons, we have decided to postpone the broadcast of the TV anime “New Saga,” which was scheduled to premiere in July 2023. We will announce the new premiere date on the official website and Twitter as soon as it is decided. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause to our fans. We appreciate your understanding.
【重要なお知らせ】
23年7月放送を予定していた本作品ですが、諸般の事情により、放送開始を延期させていただくことになりました。https://t.co/sJZUCUF0Is
応援していただいているファンの皆様には、ご迷惑・ご心配をおかけすることとなり、心よりお詫び申し上げます。#つよサガ pic.twitter.com/pu7uZ3G8id
— 『強くてニューサーガ』TVアニメ公式 (@tsuyosaga_pr) May 26, 2023
Under the Japanese title Tsuyokute New Saga, the novel has been serialized on the user-generated novel publishing website Shousetsuka ni Narou since May 2012, and its print edition was published from AlphaPolis for ten volumes from April 2013 to July 2018. Under the English title New Saga, the English edition of its manga adaptation illustrated by Jun Miura has been digitally released from Alpha Manga, AlphaPolis’ official manga reader app.
The English edition’s official page describes the series as:
After a grueling battle, the magic knight Kyle finally defeats the demon lord… or so he believes. He wakes up to find himself in the land that had been destroyed in his past life. He is reunited with the precious person he thought he had lost forever. To stop the human world from being destroyed again, along with his friends, Kyle uses his memory from his previous life to once again save the world! A fantasy saga about a brave knight!
The TV anime adaptation project was announced in October 2022. Norikazu Ishigooka (Overlord IV episode director) is attached to direct, alongside series composition writer Kenta Ihara (TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy-).
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Main voice cast:
- Kyle: Yuma Uchida (Megumi Fushiguro in JUJUTSU KAISEN)
- Seran: Hiro Shimono (Zenitsu Agatsuma in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- Lise: Fairouz Ai (Power in Chainsaw Man)
- Uruza: Asami Seto (Raphtalia in The Rising of the Shield Hero)
- Sildonia: Minami Takahashi (Shea Haulia in Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest)
Teaser PV:
Teaser visual:
Source: TV anime “New Saga” official Twitter
©2023 Masayuki Abe, Alphapolis/New Saga production Committee
