You can see above a new trailer for the anime adaptation of the novel. The Raven Does Not Choose its Master (The Aruji or the Erabanai) Chisato Abe where the new arc of the anime is highlighted, which will begin on July 20th and adapt the novel Kin no Karasu (The Golden Crow).
Yume Miyamoto will join the cast as Koume.
The animation is from Studio Pierrotthe direction is Yoshiaki Kyougoku (Laid-Back Camp), the argument is Yukiko Yamamuro (Touch (live-action film)) and the character design is by Takumo Norita (Lagrange – The Flower of Rin-ne, Broken Blade).
In the cast we have:
- Mutsumi Tamura as Yukiya
- Miyu Irino as Imperial Prince (Wakamiya)
- Rina Honnizumi as Asebi
- Hiroki Nanami as Hamayū
- Ayaka Fukuhara as Masuho no Susuki
- Rie Kugimiya like Shiratama
- Eiji Takeuchi as Sumio
- Satoshi Hino like Natsuka
- Hiroshi Shirokuma like Rokon
- Kengo Kawanishi like Atsufusa
- Yoshino Aoyama as Fujinami
- Atsuko Tanaka like Ōmurasaki no Omae
Abe released the novel with the first The Love of the Niawanai in 2012. The first part of the novel series has six novels (of which Karasu wa Aruji o Erabanai was the second, released in 2013) and a novel with a parallel story. The second part of the novel series has so far inspired three books (the last of which was released in October 2022) and a novel with a parallel story.
The story revolves around the world of the yatagarasu (the Japanese name for a variant of the mythical crow gods that appear in East Asian folk mythologies). The yatagarasu are able to shapeshift between human and crow forms and live in the world of Yamauchi, a parallel world created by the yatagarasu god Yamagami. Within Yamauchi, the yatagarasu live in a society that resembles Heian-era Japan, and the parallel world remains connected to our human world.
The Aruji and the Erabanai follows a handsome but eccentric yatagarasu boy named Yukiya, who is selected to become the retainer of the imperial prince. The story unfolds as Yukiya and the prince become embroiled in intrigue and conspiracies at court.
