Kodansha launched an official website for a TV anime adaptation of action fantasy manga Katsute Kami Datta Kemono-tachi e (To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts) on Tuesday. The anime series will premiere in 2019.

Synopsis
During the Civil War, the North—desperate to defeat the South—utilized forbidden magic that turned their soldiers into monstrous beings known as Incarnates. In exchange for their humanity they were granted immense power to defeat their foes. But though their lands were saved, some grew to fear the Incarnates in the aftermath of the war, causing them to be shunned, and some even killed.

Years later in a town in the middle of nowhere, Nancy Schaal Bancroft has found her target—the man responsible for killing her Incarnate father. Armed with an elephant gun, she takes aim and fires, but he remains unharmed. Despite revealing her vengeful intentions to him, the man has other pressing matters to attend to: the murder of another Incarnate. During the clash, Schaal discovers that her father's killer is actually an Incarnate himself, and his murderous streak is due to a promise he made long ago: that any Incarnate who loses their humanity will be taken down by one of their own.

After the beast is dead, the Incarnate known as Hank invites Schaal to accompany him on his journey, so that she can understand the truth behind her father's death and why these monstrous beings are better off dying at the hands of their former comrades. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Staff
Director: Jun Shishido (Hajime no Ippo: New Challenger)
Series Composition: Shigeru Murakoshi (Zombieland Saga)
Character Design, Chief Animation Director: Daisuke Niinuma (Kakegurui animation director)
Incarnate Design Supervision: Takayuki Sano (Persona 5 the Animation animation director)
Color Design: Chikako Kamata (Monster)
Art Director: Hiroshi Morikawa (Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 3rei!!)
Director of Photography: Momoko Mifune (Banana Fish assistant director of photography)
Editing: Satoshi Aihara (Time Travel Shoujo: Mari Waka to 8-nin no Kagakusha-tachi)
Studio: MAPPA

Cast
Hank: Katsuyuki Konishi (Blood+)
Schaal: Ai Kakuma (Selector Infected WIXOSS)

Manga author duo Maybe, known for Tasogare Otome x Amnesia, began serializing the manga in Bessatsu Shounen Magazine in June 2014. Kodansha published the eighth volume last August, with the ninth volume planned for a February 8 release. North American publisher Vertical licensed the manga in English in August 2015 and shipped the seventh volume on December 18 last year.

Official site: http://katsu-kami.com/
Official Twitter: @katsukami_anime

Source: Comic Natalie

Katsute Kami Datta Kemono-tachi e on MAL