'Hikari no Ou' Announces Additional Staff, Winter 2023 Premiere

Satellite broadcasting station WOWOW opened an official website for the television anime adaptation of Rieko Hinata's Hikari no Ou (The Firecatcher Lord) novel on Wednesday, revealing additional staff members and a teaser visual (pictured). The anime is scheduled to premiere on January 2023.

Staff
Director: Junji Nishimura (Basilisk: Ouka Ninpouchou)
Series Composition, Script: Mamoru Oshii (Vlad Love)
Character Design: Takuya Saitou (Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On)
Chief Animation Director: Takuya Saitou, Kazuchika Kise (Hirune Hime: Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari), Toshihisa Kaiya (World Trigger)
Music: Kenji Kawai (Mob Psycho 100)
Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi (Vanitas no Karte)
Studio: Signal.MD

Holp Shuppan began publishing post-apocalyptic fantasy novel in December 2018, featuring artworks by Akihiro Yamada—known for his illustrations in Fuyumi Ono's Juuni Kokuki (The Twelve Kingdoms) novel series and Bones's original sci-fi mecha anime RahXephon. The fourth volume shipped in September 2020.

Official site: https://hikarinoou-anime.com/
Official Twitter: @hikarinoouanime

Source: PR Times