“The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!” Anime Releases New Visuals For Main Characters
The official website for “The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!” released new visuals for the main characters to tease the upcoming TV anime. The series is set to premiere on July 31, 2021 in Japan and will run for two-cours (half a year).
The cast of “The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!” includes: Naomi Ohzora as Jahy,
Ai Kayano as Tencho ("Shop Manager"),
Yōko Hikasa as Ooya ("Landlady"),
and Kana Hanazawa as Druj.
Additional cast previously announced include Mikako Komatsu as Salwa, Sumire Uesaka as Mahou Shoujo ("Magical Girl"), and Yui Ogura as Kokoro.
The comedy anime is an adaption of Wakame Konbu’s manga, known in Japan as “Jahy-sama wa Kujikenai!”, currently being published in Square Enix's Monthly Gangan Joker magazine. The animation production will be done by SILVER LINK.
Ogura is also performing "Fightin★Pose," the opening theme song for the first half of the series.
No US distributor has been officially announced as of yet. Crunchyroll briefly posted about streaming the series on their Twitter but later deleted the tweet.
Square Enix Manga and Books currently publishes the “The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!” manga in the US in English. Volume 1 is set to be released July 20, 2021 in print and digitally.
Square Enix Synopsis: The Great Jahy, the Dark Realm’s second-in-command, cuts a frightening figure, feared and revered by all. But when a run-in with a magical girl results in the destruction of the precious mana crystal, the Dark Realm falls, transporting the newly puny and powerless Jahy to the human world! Unfortunately, plotting the revival of the Dark Realm from a cramped, crumbling one-room apartment is no easy feat when you have rent to pay and a job to keep!
Sources: “The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated!” website and Twitter. Square Enix Manga and Books website. Crunchyroll website.