Via Comic Natalie: the TV anime adaptation of Shinobu Ohtaka’s “ORIENT” will be airing its first episode in January 2022! “ORIENT” tells the story of two boys Musashi and Kojirou, who live in an alternate Sengoku period in Japan — one ruled by demons.

Rie Takahashi and Satoshi Hino were added to the cast of “ORIENT”, which will also star Yuma Uchida and Soma Saito in the leading roles.

Shinobu Ohtaka is best known for his previous work “Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic”, which ran from 2009 to 2017. “ORIENT” was first serialised in Kodansha’s Weekly Shounen Magazine from May 2018, and will be transferring to Bessatsu Shounen Magazine from February 2021.