The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World anime release date is in January 2023, the Winter 2023 anime season. The anime will air on TBS and BS11.
The anime was first announced in April 2022, and in September 2022, its main cast and staff were revealed.
And now additional voice cast for the anime has been announced, including:
- Azumi Waki (Hinata Tachibana in Tokyo Revengers) as Rebecca Bradley
- Kaede Hondo (Elaina in Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina) as Claris Cleveland
- Akira Sekine (Raku Ichijou in Nisekoi) as Ariane Algren
- Atsumi Tanezaki (Anya Forger in Spy x Family) as Dr. Lydia Ainsworth
- Nanako Mori (Yukiko Shirato in Megalo Box) as Abbie Garnet
- Maaya Uchida (Norman in The Promised Neverland) as Carol Caroline
- Yuuichirou Umehara (Weather Report in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean) as Evi Armstrong
The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World ending theme song
The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World ED theme song is — “Loudhailer” by Maaya Uchida. The single will go on sale on January 25, 2023. You can buy the Regular edition (CD only) for ¥ 1650 (tax included) or a First Press Limited Edition (CD+BD) for ¥ 2750 (tax included).
TBS also released a PV to corroborate the ED theme song announcement.
Here is the ED theme song PV released by the production team on the TBS Animation Youtube channel:
More about the series
The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World anime, known in Japan as Hyouken no Majutsushi ga Sekai wo Suberu: Sekai Saikyou no Majutsushi de Aru Shounen wa, Majutsu Gakuin ni Nyuugaku suru, is based on a light novel series of the same name written by Nana Mikoshiba and illustrated by Riko Korie.
The novels were initially published online on the user-generated novel publishing website Shosetsuka ni Naro in October 2019. The series was later acquired by Kodansha, which began publishing the novels under their Kodansha Ranobe Bunko imprint in July 2020.
Five volumes have been released by Kodansha to date.
A manga adaptation with illustrations by Norihito Sasaki began serialization in Kodansha’s Magazine Pocket website and app in June 2020. The chapters have been compiled into nine tankobon volumes to date.
Kodansha USA has licensed the manga for an English digital release in North America.
The story follows the most powerful soldier, the Iceblade Magician — Ray White. Ray hides his identity and enrolls in The Arnold Academy of Magic to live a normal life. But to protect his newfound friends in the Academy, he will have to confront his past.
For more information on the series, check out the official The Iceblade Sorcerer Shall Rule the World anime website.