The staff of Onihei, the television anime adaptation of Shōtarō Ikenami’s Onihei Crime Reports in Edo (Onihei Hankachō or Onihei, the Devilish Bureau Chief) novel series, announced on Monday that singer Saori Yuki (Kasumin) will perform the anime’s theme song “Soshite…
The anime will premiere at night on Monday, January 9 at 2:05 a.m. (effectively Tuesday morning) on TV Tokyo, TV Aichi, and TV Hokkaido.
The historical novel series depicts Heizō Hasegawa, who metes justice on wrongdoers and supervises the crackdown on arsonists and robbers in Japan’s Edo period (1603-1868).
Maruyama commented that the anime will not just follow the original novel’s story, but will show the unique appeal of anime.