He’s a guy who slays goblins… and he’s coming to your house this fall.
Earlier today, the official Goblin Slayer anime website updated with details on the show’s premiere. The series will hit Japanese TV on October 6, with the full launch schedule as follows (All times JST):
- AT-X: 10/6/2018 at 24:30 (10/7/2018 at 12:30 AM)
- Tokyo MX: 10/6/2018 at 25:30 (10/7/2018 at 1:30 AM)
- Sun TV: 10/6/2018 at 25:30 (10/7/2018 at 1:30 AM)
- BS11: 10/6/2018 at 25:30 (10/7/2018 at 1:30 AM)
- dAnime Store: 10/6/2018 at 25:30 (10/7/2018 at 1:30 AM)
- U-Next: 10/6/2018 at 25:30 (10/7/2018 at 1:30 AM)
- Abema TV: 10/6/2018 at 25:30 (10/7/2018 at 1:30 AM)
- Gyao!: 10/6/2018 at 25:30 (10/7/2018 at 1:30 AM)
- NicoNico Live: 10/6/2018 at 25:30 (10/7/2018 at 1:30 AM)
- NicoNico Channel: 10/6/2018 at 25:30 (10/7/2018 at 1:30 AM)
- Anime Hodai: 10/6/2018 at 25:30 (10/7/2018 at 1:30 AM)
- Netflix: 10/8/2018 at 24:00 (10/9/2018 at Midnight)
- FOD: 10/9/2018 at 12:00 (10/9/2018 at Noon)
- Bandai Channel: 10/9/2018 at 12:00 (10/9/2018 at Noon)
- J:COM On Demand: 10/9/2018 at 12:00 (10/9/2018 at Noon)
- Actor Vira: 10/9/2018 at 12:00 (10/9/2018 at Noon)
- TSUTAYA TV: 10/9/2018 at 12:00 (10/9/2018 at Noon)
- Milplus Serving: 10/9/2018 at 12:00 (10/9/2018 at Noon)
Hulu and other services will receive the title after October 9. Crunchyroll previouly announced that they will stream the show the United States, Canada, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, and Latin America.
Takaharu Ozaki (Girls’ Last Tour, Sound of the Sky) was tapped to direct Goblin Slayer at White Fox, with Takashi Nagayoshi providing character designs. Hideyuki Kurata (Drifters, Made in Abyss) is in charge of series composition, with Yousuke Kuroda (Gundam Build Fighters, Jormungand) serving as a co-writer on the project.
Mili will perform the show’s opening theme song.
The confirmed voice cast includes:
- Goblin Slayer: Yuichiro Umehara
- Priestess: Yui Ogura
- High Elf Archer: Nao Tōyama
- Cow Girl: Yuka Iguchi
- Guild Girl: Maaya Uchida
- Dwarf Shaman: Yūichi Nakamura
- Lizard Priest: Tomokazu Sugita
- Witch: Yōko Hikasa
- Spearman: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka
The cast members are reprising their roles from a previously-released Drama CD.
Kumo Kagyu and illstrator Noboru Kannatsuki’s Goblin Slayer novels made their debut under SB Creative’s imprint in February 2016. The series currently spans seven volumes, with the eighth slated to ship to retailers on October 15.
A manga adaptation by Kōsuke Kurose launched in the pages of Square Enix’s Monthly Big Gangan on May 25, 2016. The series spans four compiled volumes, with the latest hitting stores on March 13.
Yen Press currently holds the rights to both the Goblin Slayer novels and manga. They describe the title as:
A young priestess has formed her first adventuring party, but almost immediately they find themselves in distress. It’s the Goblin Slayer who comes to their rescue–a man who’s dedicated his life to the extermination of all goblins, by any means necessary. And when rumors of his feats begin to circulate, there’s no telling who might come calling next…
Source: Animate Times
