The official website for the television anime adaptation of Makoto Morishita‘s Sudachi no Maoujou (The Fledgling Demon Lord’s Starter Shop) manga unveiled an additional main cast member, key visual (pictured), and second teaser promotional video on Tuesday. The anime is scheduled to premiere in January 2027 on TOKYO MX, MBS, BS11 and other stations.
Youhei Azakami (Kamonohashi Ron no Kindan Suiri 2nd Season) is joining the cast as Ash.
Jun Taira is directing the television anime at Project No.9. Keiichirou Oochi (5-toubun no Hanayome) is handling the series composition and Katsuyuki Satou (Mamahaha no Tsurego ga Motokano datta) is designing the characters, while Takurou Iga ([Oshi no Ko]) is composing the music.
Morishita began serializing the fantasy comedy manga in the Monthly Shounen Magazine in October 2021. Kodansha published the 13th volume on July 16, with the 14th volume scheduled for release on October 16. The manga has a cumulative 1.2 million copies of its volumes in circulation.
Kodansha released the manga in English digitally through its K Manga service.
Teaser PV 2
Source: Animate Times
