‘Yomi no Tsugai’ Reveals Additional Staff, Teaser Promo, Two Consecutive Cours for Spring 2026

October 9, 2025

The Crunchyroll Industry panel at New York Comic Con 2025 revealed additional staff and a teaser promotional video for the Yomi no Tsugai (Daemons of the Shadow Realm) television anime on Thursday. The anime adapting Hiromu Arakawa’s action fantasy manga is scheduled to premiere in two consecutive cours in April 2026.

Staff

Character Design, Chief Animation Director: Nobuhiro Arai (Hitsugi no Chaika)

Twin Design: Kouji Sugiura (Fullmetal Alchemist animation director), Yoshiyuki Itou (Soul Eater chief animation director)

Art Director: Tatsurou Oonishi (Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia)

Art Design: Nariyuki Ogi (Fairy Gone), Shuuhei Tada (Nageki no Bourei wa Intai shitai)

Color Design: Yukari Gotou (Kekkai Sensen)

3D Director: Mizuki Sasaki (Isshun de Chiryou shiteita noni Yakutatazu to Tsuihou sareta Tensai Chiyushi, Yami Healer toshite Tanoshiku Ikiru animation director)

Director of Photography: Eiei Cho (Vanitas no Karte)

Editing: Ayumu Takahashi (Sirius)

Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi (Nanatsu no Taizai)

Sound Effects: Kousuke Ogata (Katainaka no Ossan, Kensei ni Naru)

Masahiro Andou (Stranger: Mukou Hadan) is directing the anime at Bones Film. Noboru Takagi (Golden Kamuy) is handling the series composition and Kenichiro Suehiro (Goblin Slayer) is composing the music.

Arakawa began serializing the manga in Shounen Gangan in December 2021. Square Enix published the tenth volume on July 11.

Square Enix licensed the manga for English release in July 2022 and published the eighth volume on July 1, with the ninth volume scheduled to be released on December 9.

Teaser PV