The official website for the Übel Blatt television anime adaptation revealed additional cast, staff, theme songs, and a second promotional video on Friday. The anime is scheduled to premiere on January 11 at 12:30 a.m. on Tokyo MX, followed by BS Nippon Television, Kansai Television, and AT-X. Amazon Prime will stream the anime worldwide.
Staff
Assistant Director: Matsuo Asami (Kekkon Yubiwa Monogatari)
Script: Tatsuya Takahashi (Shuumatsu no Harem), Tetsuya Yamada (Juuni Taisen)
Chief Animation Director: Toshimitsu Kobayashi (Dead Mount Death Play), Yukiyo Komito (Kinsou no Vermeil), Atsushi Aono (Fumetsu no Anata e Season 2), Taeko Ougi (Jitsu wa Ore, Saikyou deshita?)
Sub-character Design, Prop Design: Taeko Ougi
Monster Design: Takaaki Sekizakii (Terra Formars: Revenge action animation director)
Mechanical Design: Kio Edamatsu (Strike the Blood II)
Art Director: Hirotaka Kozaki (Val x Love)
Color Design: Toshie Miyazawa (Rocket Vision) (Jitsu wa Ore, Saikyou deshita?)
Director of Photography: Yu Fei (Kekkon Yubiwa Monogatari)
Editing: Mai Hasegawa (Blue Lock)
CG Director: Hiroyuki Gotou (Kuro no Shoukanshi), Hiroyuki Ikeda (Kinsou no Vermeil)
Music: Shun Narita (Dark Gathering)
Sound Director: Takahiro Fujimoto (Youkai Gakkou no Sensei Hajimemashita!)
Sound Effects: Ijou Okuda (Kanata no Astra)
Sound Production: DAX Production
J-pop duo GARNiDELiA (Kill la Kill, Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei) is performing the opening theme "Tsumibito" and voice actress Hina Tachibana (Kami wa Game ni Ueteiru.) will perform the ending theme "Stella."
Übel Blatt adapts Etorouji Shiono's dark fantasy manga, which was originally published in three chapters in Gangan YG (now Young Gangan) in January 2004, later published as Übel Blatt 0 (Ubel Blatt 0). The dark fantasy manga continued in the magazine in December 2004 until November 2009. Following a two-year hiatus, the manga resumed in Big Gangan in December 2011 and ended in March 2019. Square Enix published the 23rd and final volume in June 2019. A sequel manga by Shiono began on Big Gangan in February 2024.
Yen Press licensed the manga in English in February 2014 for an 2-in-1 omnibus release and shipped the 11th volume—containing volumes 22 and 23—in December 2019. The manga has also been published in Spanish, German, and Italian.