You have knights, you have magic… what’s not to like?
Last night, Crunchyroll announced that they will stream Knight’s and Magic as part of their summer 2017 simulcast lineup. The series kicks off on July 2, at 8:00AM Pacific (11:00AM Eastern) for members in the following regions:
- North America
- United Kingdom
- Ireland
- Australia
- New Zealand
- South Africa
- Netherlands
- Scandinavia
- Latin America
Knight’s & Magic is based on Hisago Amazake-no’s light novel series of the same name. Yusuke Yamamoto (Welcome to the NHK, Shōnen Maid) is directing the project at studio 8 bit, with Kenichiro Katsura (Walkure Romanze, Comic Party: Revolution) providing character designs. Michiko Yokote (Cute High Earth Defense Club LOVE!, Princess Tutu) is in charge of series composition.
fhana will perform opening theme song Hello! My World!!, while Ayaka Ohashi handles closing theme song You & I.
The confirmed voice cast includes:
- Ernesti “Eru” Echevarria: Rie Takahashi
- Adeltroot “Adi” Alter: Ayaka Ohashi
- Dietrich Knitz: Kazuyuki Okitsu
- Akidd “Kid” Alter: Shinsuke Sugawara
- Hellvy Oberi: Shizuka Itou
- Edgar C. Blanche: Yasuaki Takumi
Crunchyroll describes Knight’s & Magic as:
A genius programmer and hardcore robot otaku is reborn into a world of knights and magic, where huge robots called Silhouette Knights roar across the land! Now reborn as Ernesti Echevalier, he uses his vast knowledge of machines and programming talents to begin to make his ultimate robot. But his actions have unexpected results…?! The dreams of a robot otaku will change the world!
Source: Crunchyroll
