Kage no Jitsuryokusha ni Naritakute! is a series of light novels written by Daisuke Aizawa that have been going on in Japan for several years. The foreign public knows this story by the name The Eminence in the Shadow, a work that has already caught the attention of many.

Unsurprisingly, The Eminence in the Shadow turns out to be an anime too. Announced in early 2021, production has revealed a lot more information about the upcoming series in the last few hours. The isekai anime will debut in 2022, and the official website will reveal the first trailer for The Eminence in the Shadow. Without a voice, but with music that nourishes the mysterious and dark aura of the protagonist, the first official video shows us the setting in which the young Cid will move between shadows and machinations.

The anime is being directed by Kazuya Nakanishi (formerly the lead animator of Darwin's Game), who will work at the Nexus animation studio (Darwin's Game, Granbelm). Instead, Makoto Iino is the selected character designer who will work on the designs Tozai prepared for the original work; Kanichi Katou is the series' screenwriter. the Key visual of The Eminence in the Shadow with a cid half-shaded while the eye glows red.

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