The production team of the Chained Soldier anime series has revealed preview stills and staff information for the first episode. Studio Seven Arcs is animating the dark fantasy series that's scheduled to premiere on January 4, 2024, with the uncensored version streaming on HIDIVE. Most of the preview images feature the protagonist Yuuki Wakura, a recent high school graduate who meets Kyouka Uzen, the commander of the 7th squad of the Demon Defense Force.
Check out the preview stills for Chained Soldier Episode 1 in the image gallery below:
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© Takahiro / Yohei Takemura / Shueisha / Magic Defense Corps Public Relations Department
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© Takahiro / Yohei Takemura / Shueisha / Magic Defense Corps Public Relations Department
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© Takahiro / Yohei Takemura / Shueisha / Magic Defense Corps Public Relations Department
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© Takahiro / Yohei Takemura / Shueisha / Magic Defense Corps Public Relations Department
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© Takahiro / Yohei Takemura / Shueisha / Magic Defense Corps Public Relations Department
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© Takahiro / Yohei Takemura / Shueisha / Magic Defense Corps Public Relations Department
Akari Kito, who is also the voice of Kyouka Uzen in the anime, performs the opening theme song, Yume no Ito (The Strings of Dream), and it will be released as her sixth solo single on January 31, 2024. As for the ending opening song titled CHA∞IN, it will be performed by Tanka Izumo (Catarina Claes in My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!), who plays Tanka Izumo in the anime. The song will be released as her 16th single on January 17, 2024.
Chained Soldier Episode 1 Staff
The main staff members of Chained Soldier Episode 1 are listed below:
Episode Director: Yuuta Takamura
Episode Assistant Director: Yoshihiro Sasaki
Chief Animation Director: Hiroyuki Yoshii
Storyboard: Gorou Kuji
Screenplay: Yasuhiro Nakanishi
Animation Directors: Eiji Kaneda, Kenichi Hirata, Kie Tomino, Shirou Shibata, Shiori Nakasone, Yoshio Usuda
What is Chained Soldier about?
The action dark fantasy anime is based on the manga series written by Takahiro and illustrated by Yohei Takemura, which began serialization on the Shonen Jump+ online platform in January 2019. The ongoing manga series has 14 volumes published with the fifteenth volume to release on February 2, 2024. Yen Press holds the license for the English version of the manga and has published the first five volumes.
HIDIVE released a plot description for Chained Soldier:
Two supernatural forces appeared simultaneously on Earth: entrances to another dimension known as Mato, and Peaches, resources that give unique abilities to women. From the Mato come Yomotsu Shuuki, dangerous monsters that leave destruction in their wake. The government’s Anti-demon Corps stands against these creatures, employing women empowered by Peaches to face the monstrous threat. Yuuki Wakura watches these forces clash from a distance, but when he unexpectedly runs afoul of a Yomotsu Shuuki, he’s rescued by Kyouka Uzen, the chief of the Seventh Unit of the Anti-demon Corp—and she sees something in him that could turn the tide of the monster incursion. Yuki holds the unique power to make Peaches more effective, but he’ll have to become Kyoka’s willing slave to join the fight against the Yomotsu Shuuki and save the world.
Chained Soldier anime is listed for 12 episodes.
