Synopsis Hikari no Ou takes place in the aftermath of humanity’s last war.
An anime adaptation of Rieko Hinata’s Hikari no Ou novel was announced by satellite broadcasting station WOWOW on Thursday.
The anime is being produced by animation studio Signal.MD (Net-juu no Susume, Hirune Hime: Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari).
The world is enveloped with a black forest and people have become infected with a pathogen that causes them to burst into flame in the presence of natural fire. The on…