Joran: The Princess of Snow and Blood (anime)

Joran: The Princess of Snow and Blood (擾乱 THE PRINCESS OF SNOW AND BLOOD, "Jōran: The Princess of Snow and Blood") is an original Japanese anime series directed by Susumu Kudou at Bakken Record. Its premiered on April 6 at 25:29, 2021. Crunchyroll streams the anime outside Asia and premiered the first episode a week earlier than the Japanese TV stations.

Plot
The year is 1931, an alternate history of Japan where Yoshinobu Tokugawa continues to maintain absolute power. The nation has developed its own source of energy, the "Ryumyaku," and has achieved a unique development that mixes science with the Edo period.

However, behind the scenes of such a gorgeous city, the anti-establishment group Kuchinawa, with its smoldering flames of revolution and plans to overthrow the regime, is roaming around. The Tokugawa government's black-ops organization, the "Nue", is charged with exterminating them. Sawa Yukimura, whose family was killed when she was a child, becomes the executioner of the "Nue" and continues to search for her revenge, Janome.

Staff

 * Director: Susumu Kudou
 * Series Composition: Rika Nezu
 * Character Design: Kaede Komiyama
 * Music: Michiru
 * Sound Direction: Yuuichi Imaizumi
 * Sound Work: Sonilude
 * Editing: Masaki Sakamoto
 * Art Direction: Yukari Yasuda
 * Colour Design: Misako Akama
 * Animation Work: Bakken Record

Main

 * Suzuko Mimori as Sawa Yukimura
 * Shouta Aoi as Makoto Tsukishiro
 * Raychell as Elena Hanakaze
 * Ayasa Itou as Asahi Nakamura
 * Chikahiro Kobayashi as Jin Kuzuhara
 * TBA as Mr. Hanakaze
 * Rinko

Minor

 * TBA as Towa Karasumori (flashbacks)
 * TBA as Mr. Karasumori (flashbacks)
 * TBA as Sawa's Elder Brother
 * TBA as Satsuki Hanakaze
 * TBA as Mr. and Mrs. Nakamura ("The Treasurer"; flashback)

Music

 * Opening theme: "Exist" by Raise a Suilen
 * Ending theme: "Embrace of Light" by Raise a Suilen