The official website for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin – a 2020 action RPG developed by Edelweiss for the Nintendo Switch, Playstation4, and PC – has released a main trailer featuring the opening theme song “Harebare!” (Bright and Clear) performed by two-member musical unit Ikimonogakari. It is also announced that the P.A.Woks-animated adaptation is set to premiere on the TV Tokyo Network on July 6, 2024. Masayuki Yoshiwara (The Eccentric Family) serves as director along with series composition writer Jukki Hanada (Love Live!), and six-member Japanese girl vocal group Little Glee Monster provides the ending theme “ORIGAMI.”
“Harebare! was newly written and composed by the unit’s guitarist/pianist, Yoshiki Mizuno. The units says, “‘Stronger, weaker, live through it.’ The song is based on the image of a strong and vigorous life, with strength and weakness combined, just like ears of rice swaying in the wind under a clear sky. I hope to push the back of the resilient Sakuna-hime with a strong melody that makes life sprout. Please enjoy the song along with the anime.”
Ikimonogakari
The story of Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin is described as follows:
Spoiled harvest goddess Sakuna finds herself banished from her opulent celestial home to an island overrun with demons. In the untamed wilderness, she must rediscover her birthright as the daughter of a warrior god and harvest goddess by weathering the elements, fighting monsters, and cultivating rice, the source of her power. By her side in this forbidding place is her guardian Tama and a group of outcast humans. Together, these unlikely companions must join hands to tame both the soil and the demons of Hinoe Island.
Main Voice Cast:
Sakuna voiced by Naomi Ozora (Hana Uzaki in Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!)
Tama voiced by Takashi Narumi (Principal Cell in Cells at Work! CODE BLACK)
Kokorowa voiced by Rika Kinugawa (Yugiri in ZOMBIE LAND SAGA)
Tauemon voiced by Ryota Yano (Bodyguard in CUE!)
Myrthe voiced by Hikari Kubota (Mary in Sweet Reincarnation)
Kinta voiced by Soma Maeda (New Zealand in Hetalia: The Beautiful World)
Yui voiced by Aoi Koga (Kaguya Shinomiya in Kaguya-sama: Love Is War)
Kaimaru voiced by Rika Momokawa (Shino Sonobe in Three Leaves, Three Colors)
Lady Kamuhitsuki voiced by Miwa Kohinata (Karen Jones in Space Brothers)
Ashigumo voiced by Riki Kagami (Kida in Tomodachi Game)
Ishimaru voiced by Yuji Kameyama (NG BOYS A in BUCCHIGIRI?!)
Teaser visual
Source: “Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin” TV anime official website©Edelweiss / “Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin” Production Committee
