A leak
from the next issue of Monthly Big Gangan magazine confirmed that the seinen manga
written and illustrated by Etorouji Shiono , “ Ubel Blatt ( Evil
Blade )”, will have an anime adaptation. The leak did not reveal
production details or a scheduled release date, but it is fully confirmed from
the magazine's leaked screenshots.
Etorouji
Shiono began
publishing the manga through Square Enix 's Monthly
Big Gangan magazine in December 2004, and ended it in March 2019 with
a total of twenty-three compilation volumes. A sequel titled “ Ubel
Blatt II: Shiseru Ou no Kishidan ” will begin publication this month
in the same magazine in Japan. On the other hand, although this is the author's
flagship work, Shiono has also written other mangas such as “ Jinrui
Sonbou Cockpit Girls ”, “ Deep Insanity: Nirvana ”,
“ Winged Mermaids ” and “ Celestial Clothes ”,
to name a few.
Synopsis
by Ubel Blatt
The
story, which begins about twenty years before the beginning of the manga, tells
how Koinzell, then called Ascheriit, was a young and prodigious swordsman whose
skill granted him the legendary title of Blatt Meister (literally "Master
of the Sword"). His exploits made him one of fourteen chosen by the ruling
emperor of the Szaalenden Empire to venture on a dangerous mission to defeat a
powerful invading enemy known as the evil nation of Wischtech, of which the
many powerful engines of destruction and dark sorcery made a dangerous enemy.
Armed each with a spear blessed by the Emperor himself, and thus known as the
Fourteen Lancers, the chosen ones traveled far into the enemy's devastated
landscape, losing three of their ranks to the dangers of the land, until they
reached a forest where seven of the remaining eleven decided to give up their
mission, fearing for their lives.
However,
Ascheriit and three of those still determined to follow the Emperor's will
continued, and incredibly accomplished their feat, returning victorious. It was
then that the seven who abandoned the mission ambushed their companions and
massacred them. Returning home, they told the Emperor that the four they had
killed had turned traitors against them, and after dispatching them, the seven
completed the task. Thus, they were hailed as heroes and nicknamed the Seven
Heroes, while the four murdered became symbols of betrayal and received the
nickname Spears of Betrayal. Thus, the story narrates the journey of Ascheriit,
who did survive the massacre and swore to take the head of his fellow traitors,
now powerful nobles and warlords hailed as saviors by the people.
