Fans of anime based on josei manga for older, female audiences such as Kids on the Slope and Natsuyuki Rendezvous will be getting a bit more this spring with an adaptation of Touya Mikanagi's fantasy series Karneval.
The anime site has been updated with this promo art...


Cover art for first DVD/Blu-ray, slated for 5.28

The story follows the journey of a boy called Nai who is looking for someone called Karoku with only a bracelet as a clue. Through a series of unfortunate events he winds up partnered with a thief called Gareki and they learn that the bracelet is actually an ID from the defense organization called "Circus."
Credits include:
Director: Eiji Suganuma (Sasameki Koto, Kodomo no Jikan)
Scenario : Tôko Machida (Saiyûki Gunlock, Saiyûki Reload)
Character Director : Toshie Kawamura (Smile Precure!)
Music: Shiro Hamaguchi, Keiji Iuchi
Studio : Manglobe (Samurai Champloo, Hayate the Combat Butler: Can't Take My Eyes Of You)
The open will be "Henai no Rondo" by GRANRODEO, with "Reason" by KAmiYU as the ending
with cast:
Nai - Hiro Shimono (The World Only God Knows' Keima Katsuragi)

Gareki - Hiroshi Kamiya (Durarara!'s Izaya Orihara)

Yogi - Mamoru Miyano (Hunter x Hunter's Chrollo Lucilfer)

Tsukumo - Aya Endo (Kids on the Slope's Yurika Fukahori)

Hirato - Daisuke Ono (Black Butler's Sebastian Michaelis, Saizō Kirigakure from Brave 10)

Jiki - Yūichi Nakamura (Gray Fullbuster from Fairy Tail, Sōshi Miketsukami from Inu x Boku SS).

Tsukitachi - Koji Yusa (Yoru no Ou from Kore wa Zombie Desu Ka?, Lunatic from Tiger & Bunny)

Akari - Daisuke Hirakawa (Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Girls' Yagyuu Muneakira)

Iva - Youko Honna (Pretty Cure's Cure Black)

Kiichi - Eri Kitamura (Bakemonogatari' Karen Araragi)

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