on the panel Warner Bros. Japan in the event AnimeExpo 2025 New information was presented on the anime adaptation of the light novel Blade & bastard, written by Kumo Kagyuu (d)Goblin Slayer) and illustrated by so-bin (Overlord). During this event, a special video was shown to the public in which the main cast of voices that will participate in the anime was presented.
The announced voice cast is as follows
- Makoto Furukawa, known for giving voice to Saitama on One Punch Man, will interpret Irumas.
- Tomori Kusunoki, known for giving voice to Fill on Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online, will interpret Garbage.
- Daiki Yamashita, known for giving voice to Izuku “Deku” Midoriya on My Hero Academiawill interpret Raja.
- Saori Hayami, known for giving voice to Miyuki Shiba on The Irregular at Magic High School, will interpret Ainikki.
- Shion Wakayama, known for giving voice to Ai mie on The Girl I Like Forgot Her Glasses, will interpret BELKANAN.
To commemorate this special occasion, so-bin, the illustrator of the light novel Blade & bastard, has prepared a special illustration. The image stars the characters Irumas, , Garbage, , Raja, , Ainikki and BELKANAN.
Blade & bastard is a light novel dark fantasy that is written by Kumo Kagyuu and illustrated by so-bin. He began his publication in the press of the publisher Dre Novels drecom media Since December 2022. A manga adaptation for the light novel Blade & bastard began to be published on the platform dre comics of drecom media since June 2023. This version of the light novel is illustrated by Makoto Fugetsu.
Blade & bastard:
In the depths of a still unexplored dungeon lies a corpse that should never have existed. Iarumas, who returned from death without remembering anything from his past life, dedicates his days to entering those dark galleries to recover the bodies of fallen adventurers. Maybe they can come back too, or maybe God will reduce them to ashes on the altar.
That doesn’t matter to Iarumas: he charges for each body, alive or dead, hope. His ability has earned him forced respect, but his coldness and pragmatism have also earned him the contempt of the living. That is why Iarumas walks among the dead and talks more with them than with those who breathe.
Everything changes when she crosses her path with Garbage, an untamed young swordsman, the only survivor of an annihilated game. Together they enter the dungeon, dodging monsters, traps and death that reduces everything to dust, while Iarumas pursues fragments of a past that slips through his fingers.
©Kumo Kagyu. drecom/blade & bastard project
