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Aniplus Asia Airs Simulcast of Sacrificial Princess & the King of Beasts Anime
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Aniplus-Asia announced on Tuesday that it will air a simulcast of the television anime of Yu Tomofuji's Sacrificial Princess & the King of Beasts (Niehime to Kemono no Ō) manga. Aniplus-Asia is streaming an English-subtitled trailer for the anime.
The anime will premiere in Japan on April 19.
Chiaki Kon (Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal: Season III) is directing the series at J.C. Staff. Seishi Minakami (A Certain Scientific Railgun) is handling the series scripts, and Shinya Hasegawa (Revolutionary Girl Utena) is designing the characters. Jin Aketagawa (The Devil Is a Part-Timer!) is the sound director, and Kohta Yamamoto (Attack on Titan The Final Season) is composing the music. Pony Canyon is producing the music. WOWMAX is producing the anime.
The group BIN performs the opening theme song "Saku no Nie" (Sacrifice During the New Moon), and the group GARNiDELiA performs the ending theme song "Only."
Yen Press is publishing the original manga in English, and it describes the story:
A young girl has resigned herself to being the next sacrificial meal for the Beast King...but the king is no mere monster! Love is more than skin-deep in this gorgeous fantasy manga.