TV Anime to Adapt "Magi" Spin-Off "The Adventure of Sinbad"
Production scheduled to air on the latenight Animeism broadcast in April 2016

Plans have been announced to adapt Ohtaka Shinobu and Yoshifumi Ohtera's ongoing Magi prequel/spin-off Adventure of Sinbad. Miyao Yoshikazu, who previously helmed OVA adaptions, returns for the upcoming AOS Project production, scheduled to air on the latenight Animeism broadcast in April 2016.
Volume 8 of the manga will be released October 16th.
Staff
Director: Yoshikazu Miyao (Inazuma Eleven, Hellsing and Gad Guard openings)
Script: Taku Kishimoto (Silver Spoon, Usagi Drop)
Character Designer: Soichiro Sako
Music: Tomohiro Ookubo
Animation Production: Lay-duce (Go! Go! 575)
Production: AOS Project
Cast
Sinbad: Daisuke Ono
Dragul: Tomokazu Sugita (Gintama's Gintoki
Yunan: Akira Ishida (Gundam SEED's Athrun Zala)
Serendine: Ai Kayano (Meiko Hanma from AnoHana)
Badr: Katsuyuki Konishi (Kamina from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann)
Esra: Yoko Hikasa
Barbarossa: Koyasu Takehito
Baal: Hiroki Tōchi
Jaafar: Takahiro Sakurai
Hinahoho: Keiji Fujiwara
Pipirika: Ayumi Fujimura
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