Finally some news was released for Ousama Ranking, the web manga that had its anime adaptation by Wit Studio announced last year. Sousuke Touka started Ousama Ranking back in 2017 in the user created web manga sharing site 'Manga Hack.' The series was originally only released digitally but ever since Enterbrain the series has been out in print. The rise of this series is a great underdog story in itself, however, this did not happen for no reason after all the manga story is charming. This preview video raises expectation that WIT Studio will successfully bring this story to anime.
Synopsis -
The story centers around Bojji, a deaf, powerless prince who cannot even wield a children's sword. As the firstborn son, he strives hard and dreams of becoming the world's greatest king. However, people mutter about him behind his back as "a good-for-nothing prince" and "no way he can be king."
Bojji is able to make his first ever friend, "Kage" (shadow) — a literal shadow on the ground who somehow understands Bojji well. (Kage is a survivor of the Kage assassin clan that was all but wiped out. No longer a killer, Kage now makes ends meet by stealing.) The story follows Bojji's coming-of-age as he meets various people in his life, starting with his fateful encounter with Kage. (Source - ANN)
Cast Bojji: Hinata Minami
Kage: Ayumu Murase
Staff
Director: Yousuke Hatta
Assistant Director: Arifumi Imai
Chief Director: Makoto Fuchigami
Series Composition: Taku Kishimoto
Character Design: Atsuko Nozaki
Sub-character Design: Masaki Kawake
Chief Animation Director: Atsuko Nozaki, Masaki Kawake
Main Animator: Masaru Ooshiro
Art Director: Yuuji Kaneko
Art Setting: Kazushi Fujii
Color Design: Satoshi Hashimoto
Director of Photography: Kazuto Izumida
Editing: Kiyoshi Hirose
Music: MAYUKO
Sound Effects: Yasunori Ogata
Sound Director: Yasunori Ebina
Animation Producer: Maiko Okada
Source - PR Times