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Crunchyroll Streams Lord Marksman and Vanadis Anime Outside N. America
posted on by Karen Ressler
Crunchyroll announced on Friday that it will stream the Lord Marksman and Vanadis (Madan no Ō to Vanadis) anime series in the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe excluding Scandinavia, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. The first episode will premiere on Saturday, October 4 at 10:00 a.m. EDT for premium members and one week later for free users.
Tatsuo Satō (Bodacious Space Pirates) is directing and overseeing the scripts at Satelight. Yousuke Kabashima (The Girl Who Leapt Through Space) is adapting Hinata Katagiri, Nobuhiko Yanai, and Yoshiwo's original character designs. Masaru Yokoyama (Freezing Vibration, Queen's Blade series) is composing the music. Konomi Suzuki is performing the opening theme, “Ginsen no Kaze” (Wind of the Silver Flash), while voice actress Hitomi Harada is singing the ending theme, "Schwarzer Bogen" (Black Bow).
The titular Vanadis of Tsukasa Kawaguchi's fantasy series are beautiful girls who ride into battle, brandishing weapons received from dragons. There are seven such Vanadis who rule seven territories and instill fear in neighboring countries. A boy named Tigre is a minor noble in the kingdom of Buryūnu who encounters a Vanadis in battle. She is the silver-haired, red-eyed "silver fraulein" Ellen. She defeats him, but instead of killing him, she takes him prisoner.
Kawaguchi launched the light novel series in 2011 with art by Yoshi☆wo, and Media Factory published the ninth volume this past May. Artist Nobuhiko Yanai has been drawing the manga adaptation in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Flapper magazine since 2011.
