The enduring legacy of Hiromu Arakawa's FullMetal Alchemist can be partially owed to its pair of anime adaptations by animation studio Bones. Since then, both creator and company have moved on to other ventures—the latter has notably adapted the likes of My Hero Academia and the newly premiered Gachiakuta, among others. Now, 15 years after FullMetal Alchemist: Brotherhood concluded, Bones is back at adapting Arakawa's work, namely her fantasy manga Daemons of the Shadow Realm.
During Crunchyroll's panel at Anime Expo on Saturday, Bones president Masahiko Minami announced the anime was in production. It'll be directed by Masahiro Ando (Cowboy Bebop: The Movie) and written by Golden Kamuy‘s Noboru Takagi. Character design will be handled by Nobuhiro Arai (Bungo Stray Dogs). At the panel, Minami also described it as “an otherworldly fantasy where mystery and the uncanny intertwine.”
First released in 2021, Daemons is set in a world where certain humans have control over a pair of supernatural Daemons, and stars twins Yuru and Asa. The brother-sister duo were separated at childhood and are now making their way back to each other while also learning they're both fated to learn how to control all Daemons, which might help them save the world. In North America, the shonen has been released in the pages of Square Enix's Monthly Shōnen Gangan magazine, and the company publishes its collected volumes.
Expect Daemons of the Shadow Realm to hit Crunchryroll in the near future.
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