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Supernatural Horror Anime Dark Gathering Sheds a Light on Key Visual, 1st Trailer

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Halloween isn’t just a holiday, it’s a state of mind. So even though the official “spooky season” has now come and gone, there’s plenty of scaring to be done in the near future with the upcoming Dark Gathering TV anime, which unveiled a key visual and trailer today ahead of its Summer 2023 broadcast.

 

Key Visual

Dark Gathering anime key visual

 

Trailer

 

 

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The newly uncovered main cast is as follows:

 

Yu Sasahara (Emilico in SHADOWS HOUSE) as

Yayoi Hozuki

Dark Gathering Yayoi Hozuki character design

 

Nobunaga Shimazaki (Yuki in Fruits Basket) as

Keitaro Gentoga

Dark Gathering Keitaro Gentoga character design

 

Kana Hanazawa (Nadeko in Bakemonogatari) as

Eiko Hozuki

Dark Gathering Eiko Hozuki character design

 

 

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Based on the 2019 manga by Kenichi Kondo, Dark Gathering is being directed by Hiroshi Ikehata (TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You) at studio OLM (Summer Time Rendering, ODDTAXI), with series composition by Shigeru Murakoshi (ZOMBIE LAND SAGA) and character designs by Shinya Segawa (Pastel Memories), alongside these staff members:

 

 

The story follows Keitaro Gentoga, a college freshman haunted by his ability to attract spirits and the collateral damage it’s caused in the past. His attempts to blend into society by becoming a private tutor, however, become fraught with supernatural danger once more when his first student, Yayoi Hozuki, embroils him in her quest to find the spirit that took her mother away.

 

Source: Comic Natalie, Official Twitter

 

 

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