The French-Japanese joint production anime will premiere on 2 October.
The upcoming original anime “Aoki Denshō Welsh & Shedar” (The Azure Legend: Welsh & Shedar), produced by French entertainment company Ankama has released a new trailer. The PV has unveiled additional cast members, as well as the series’ theme song artists. It was previously revealed that the anime will premiere on 2 October, 2026.
Aoki Denshō Welsh & Shedar
Premiere date: 2 October, 2026
Animation studio: Studio Massket
Streaming platform: TBA
What do we know about the Aoki Denshō Welsh & Shedar anime so far?
The newly announced cast members of the anime are:
- Yūko Kaida as Zabel
- Makoto Furukawa as Joris
- Risa Kayama as Bechame
- Wataru Takagi as Khan Karkass
- Show Hayami as Azalar
Previously announced cast members of the anime are:
- Rikuya Yasuda as Welsh
- Yuki Kaji as Shedar
The anime will air on 2 October, 2026.
The new trailer previews the anime’s opening theme song ‘Bokura no Mirai e’ (To Our Future), performed by Kageyama and Masami Okui. Kageyama is also set to perform the ending theme song ‘Omelette’. The insert song ‘I’m in You’ will be performed by Kageyama and KUKO.
It was also announced that Takuya Imakado is the monster designer for the series.
Naoki Horiuchi is directing the Aoki Denshō Welsh & Shedar anime at Studio Massket, with Saori Nakashiki designing the characters. Nakashiki is also one of the chief animation directors along with Yoshiaki Tsubata and Yuki Ikeda. Tot is the one credited for the original story, script, and drafting the plot outline. In Japanese, Kenichi Yamashita is writing the scripts.
Other staff members of the anime include:
- Colour key artist: Eri Suzuki
- Anima background art: Studio Massket
- Art setting: Lucas Cisterne
- Sound director: Jun Watanabe (TO Books)
- Music composer: Pierre-Jean Beaudoin, Jose Pavli
The anime tells the story of a 16 year old boy named Welsh and a prince named Shedar. Though from two different walks of life, the two boys’ fates intertwine when they try to stop a tyrant from taking over their land.