100 Yin and Yang Demon Stories, or Onmyou Hyakki Monogatari, is based on a fantasy role-playing game ‘Onmyouji.’
The Chinese game developer, NetEase, announced an anime adaptation to commemorate the game’s third anniversary.
NetEase had launched the game for iOS and Android back in 2016, and it has been downloaded more than 250 million times worldwide!
This isn’t the first time a video game was adapted into an anime. There are many upcoming anime like A!3: Season Autumn and Winter and I-CHU Etoile Stage that are based on video games, and fans are excited to watch them all.
Onmyouji is a fantasy story centered around Seimei, a renowned Onmyouji, who suddenly loses his memories. A short 12-episode net anime called Onmyouji: Heian Monogatari, also based on the game, was released in 2018.
But this was a short anime, i.e., each episode was just 5 minutes long. The video game has many such short adaptations streamed on bilibili.
The 2020 anime adaptation is different; it would be Japanese adapted and should be the usual 24-minutes long episodes.
1. Release Date & Visuals
The animation serialization of Onmyou Hyakki Monogatari was announced last year. The anime is scheduled to release in Fall 2020.
The producers haven’t yet announced a fixed date, but the series should broadcast in late 2020 or early 2021.
An era where people and demons hated each other and fought constantly. There is a group of humans who live to protect them both. The animation series Onmyou Hyakki Monogatari will be released in 2020!
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The production team hasn’t released any new trailers, so we can deduce that the anime won’t be releasing in October, but in December 2020 or get delayed to early 2021.
The previous adaptations, Onmyouji: Heian Monogatari and its sequel, aired on Tokyo MX and streamed on bilibili in 2018-19.
Even though the anime’s official account has released a PV for the show, it hasn’t yet revealed any staff or animation studio information. We will update this article we do.
The anime is likely to follow the same story as the ‘Main Story’ in the game. It follows the protagonist, Seimei, as he tries to recover his lost memories. According to the game, Onmyou Hyakki Monogatari is set in Kyoto during the Heian period.
The official YouTube channel released a short PV.
The video gives details of the characters and has soft, Chinese traditional music playing in the background. It also announces that the anime would broadcast in 2020, but no specific date is stated.
The video, though, doesn’t reveal the plot of the story. But it confirms that the voice actors of the characters would reprise their roles from the 2018 adaptation.
2. Expected Plot
The story is based in an era where humans and demons lived together. Suddenly, the evil spirits raged on for more power, strength, and dominance. This caused the delicate balance of the world to slip.
Onmyouji are the only ones who can help maintain peace during these times. They are special people who can connect the two worlds and have the ability to tame the evil spirits!
Assuming the upcoming anime will follow the game’s main story, the show will center around Seimei, an amnesiac Onmyouji.
Seimei started taking care of a young, ordinary girl called Kagura, when an angered guest, Inugami, appears to fight Seimei. He swore vengeance against Seimei and seemed ready to fight Seimei to death.
3. About Onmyou Hyakki Monogatari
In an era where demons and humans coexisted, evil spirits from the underworld began a quest for power. The balance between the two worlds was in peril.
Fortunately, there’s a group of humans who have the power to connect the two worlds and tame the evil ghosts.
They are called Onmyouji, and they are willing to lay down their lives to maintain peace and order.
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