A television anime adaptation of Mato Satou's Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road (The Executioner and Her Way of Life) light novel was announced at the GA Fes 2021 event on Sunday. Warner Bros. Japan simultaneously opened an official website, revealing the lead cast and an announcement promo.
Voice actresses Iori Saeki (Lapis Re:LiGHTs, Nekopara) and Moeka Kishimoto (Shadowverse, BanG Dream! 3rd Season) are voicing Menou the Executioner and Akari, the Lost One, respectively.
Synopsis
The Lost Ones are wanderers who come here from a distant world known as "Japan." No one knows how or why they leave their homes. The only thing that is certain is that they bring disaster and calamity. The duty of exterminating them without remorse falls to Menou, a young Executioner. When she meets Akari, it seems like just another job...until she discovers it's impossible to kill this girl! And when Menou begins to search for a way to defeat this immortality, Akari is more than happy to tag along! So begins a journey that will change Menou forever... (Source: Yen Press)
Satou originally penned the novel under the title Munouryokusha no Tame no Cheat-goroshi: Shoujo wa Kono Sekai de Ikiru Tame, Shudan wo Erabanai Akunin ni Naru Koto wo Kimeta on the Shousetsuka ni Narou website. The title won him the Grand Prize at the 11th GA Bunko Awards in 2018, the first time in seven years Since DanMachi last won the prize in 2011. SB Creative began printing the fantasy adventure novel in July 2019, featuring illustrations by Nilitsu. The fourth volume shipped on August 6, with the fifth volume scheduled for a February 15 release.
Ryou Mitsuya began drawing a manga adaptation in Young Gangan last June. Square Enix will ship the first volume on February 9. Yen Press licensed the light novel in English last September and plans to release the first volume on March 9.
Announcement
Official site: http://virgin-road.com/
Official Twitter: @VirginRoad_PR
Novel special site: https://ga.sbcr.jp/sp/virginroad/index.html
Source: GA Bunko official Twitter
Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road on MAL
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