Daemons of the Shadow Realm April 2026 Start - The upcoming TV anime adaptation of Hiromu Arakawa‘s Daemons of the Shadow Realm manga is coming fairly soon, and it’ll be sticking around for a decent amount of time: April 2026 has been revealed to be the release window for the show, and the announcement also mentions a consecutive two cour format.
On top of those details, the anime received a teaser trailer (labelled as the third official trailer by Crunchyroll), with the rapid editing slightly obscuring things, and more staff announcements. The latter includes:
• Series composer: Noboru Takagi (Golden Kamuy)
• Character designer: Nobuhiro Arai (Bungo Stray Dogs)
• Tsugai designer: Koji Sugiura (Hajime no Ippo character designer)
• Tsugai designer: Yoshiyuki Ito (The Case Study of Vanitas character designer)
• Color designer: Yukari Goto (Bungo Stray Dogs)
• Background art director: Tatsuro Onishi (Insomniacs After School)
• Compositing director: Zhang Yingying (The Case Study of Vanitas)
• Music composer: Kenichiro Suehiro (The Eminence in Shadow)
We’ve previously known that Masahiro Ando (Sword of the Stranger, CANAAN, Blast of Tempest) is the director of this Bones Film production. Daemons of the Shadow Realm (Yomi no Tsugai) involves two twins with the power to control Daemons. One of these is Yuru, who lives a peaceful life in a village until an attack.
Synopsis
In a world where certain humans command mighty supernatural duos called Daemons, it is the birthright of “the children who sunder day and night” twins Yuru and Asa to rule over these powerful entities. Separated from a young age and unaware of the truth of their birth, brother and sister must fight to make their way back to each other, claim their birthright, and save the world
Deep in the mountains, under the watchful eyes of two stone guardians, lies isolated Higashi Village. Unlike some of its residents, young Yuru is content to live out his days foraging and hunting in the nearby woods.
But Yuru’s idyllic life changes forever when Higashi Village comes under attack. Amid the chaos, the young man is whisked away and forbidden to return to the only home and family he’s ever known. And to ensure his safety, the two statues who once stood guard over the village have joined the fight the Divine Left and Right!
As Yuru soon discovers, commanding these Daemons is his birthright… But after losing everything dear to him, will he be up to the task of unraveling a conspiracy tying him and his twin, Asa, to a prophecy that threatens the entire world?
