While their Fall 2023 anime streaming season has only just got underway, HIDIVE has been casting their gaze to what awaits anime fans on their platform next season. One such recent acquisition is the action-oriented dark fantasy TV anime Chained Soldier, which will be airing exclusively on HIDIVE during the Winter 2023/2024 anime season.
Based on the long-running shounen manga of the same name (In Japanese: 魔都精兵のスレイブ) by Takahiro and Yohei Takemura, this anime adaptation is produced by Seven Arcs with co-direction by Junji Nishimura (chief) and Gorō Kuji, series composition by Yasuhiro Nakanishi and script writing by Ryota Kanō and Akira Kindaichi. The series’ stars include Yūya Hirose as Yūki Wakura, Akari Kitō as Kyōka Uzen, Yume Miyamoto as Himari Azuma, Mari Hino as Shushu Suruga, Hina Tachibana as Nei Ōkawamura, and Maaya Uchida as Tenka Izumo.
Chained Soldier is set to begin airing in January 2024, however a special screening of the first two episodes will take place at Anime NYC on 17 November 2023. Commenting on the acquisition, President of HIDIVE John Ledford had the following to say:
We’re thrilled to host the North American premiere of Chained Soldier at this year’s Anime NYC in November. This highly anticipated new show based on the popular manga series by Takahiro and Yohei Takemura is sure to be a hit and we’re excited to offer it exclusively to our subscribers during our Winter 2024 season kicking-off this coming January!
Two supernatural forces appeared simultaneously on Earth: entrances to another dimension known as Mato, and Peaches, resources that give unique abilities to women. From the Mato come Yomotsu Shuuki, dangerous monsters that leave destruction in their wake. The government’s Anti-demon Corps stands against these creatures, employing women empowered by Peaches to face the monstrous threat. Yuuki Wakura watches these forces clash from a distance, but when he unexpectedly runs afoul of a Yomotsu Shuuki, he’s rescued by Kyouka Uzen, the chief of the Seventh Unit of the Anti-demon Corp—and she sees something in him that could turn the tide of the monster incursion. Yuki holds the unique power to make Peaches more effective, but he’ll have to become Kyoka’s willing slave to join the fight against the Yomotsu Shuuki and save the world.
