An official website under TV Tokyo opened on Friday, revealing that a spin-off of the TV anime series Yami Shibai titled Ninja Collection has been green-lit. The anime will begin broadcasting in July this year, with episodes streaming a week before TV broadcast on animeteleto.

Synopsis
Set in modern-day Tokyo where dreams and desires are afloat, a group of ninjas called "Toukeshuu" is set to stop the spread of "darkness" that prevails in the world using ancient techniques passed down through generations.

The voice cast of the anime will include a variety of talents, including stage play actors Yuki Kimisawa, Taiga Fukuzawa, Kazuki Soejima, Ryoushirou Tsuji, Vtuber Taku Nanase, musicians Shingo Ogaya, Wahei Yamasaki, Dai Hirayama, former and current idol group members and singers Akari Nakamura, Ayaka Oota, Monika Mita, MoeMi, as well as newbie and veteran actors Kou Ikeda, Shion Suzuki, Masaki Sawai, Ponzu, Sae Izumi, and Sachiko Nakagome.

Akira Funada is directing the anime at ILCA, Toho Interactive Animation (TIA), and DRAWIZ, with production cooperation by Aqua. Hiromu Kumamoto and Mitsuhiro Sasaki are returning with film writer Rei Tsuruga to pen the script. Tsubo Asano is credited as the main animator. Yami Shibai's series planner Norio Yamakawa and Takuya Iwasaki are also returning. Satoshi Umetsu (Oushitsu Kyoushi Heine) and Funada are credited as producers.

Yami Shibai is a short horror TV anime with moving picture animation style depicting different Japanese urban legends. Seven seasons of the anime aired between July 2013 and September 2019.

Official website: https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/nin_colle/

Source: PR Times

Ninja Collection on MAL