Aniplex of America
added English subtitles to the third promotional video for the
Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic
television anime series and began streaming it this week. The same video
debuted
in Japan last month.
The original manga re-imagines tales from the classic story
One Thousand and One Nights
(also known as
Arabian Nights
).
Shinobu Ohtaka
, the creator of
Sumomomo Momomo
, has been
serializing
the manga since 2009, and
Shogakukan
published the 14th compiled book volume on September 18. The manga has 4.4 million copies in circulation.
Director
Koji Masunari
(
Read or Die
,
Welcome to THE SPACE SHOW
) is helming the anime adaptation at
A-1 Pictures
.
Toshifumi Akai
(
Kokoro Connect
,
Sound of the Sky
) is serving as the character designer and chief animation director, and
Hiroyuki Yoshino
(
Accel World
,
Guilty Crown
,
My-HiME
) is handling the scripts.
Shiro Sagisu
(Bleach,
Evangelion
, Berserk films) is composing the music. The visual-kei band
SID
is
performing
the opening theme song "V.I.P."
The all-star cast
includes
Kaori Ishihara
as Aladdin,
Y?ki Kaji
as Ali Baba,
Haruka Tomatsu
as Morgiana,
Daisuke Ono
as Sinbad,
Ry?hei Kimura
as Judal, and
Toshiyuki Morikawa
as ?go-kun.
This 90th anniversary project from
Shogakukan
will premiere in Japan on Sunday.
Crunchyroll
and
Hulu
will then begin streaming the anime in English into several countries next Wednesday.