Studio Massket is animating the French-Japanese joint production.
Ahead of its 2 October, 2026 premiere, the upcoming anime “Aoki Denshō Welsh & Shedar” (The Azure Legend: Welsh & Shedar) has unveiled three new cast members. French entertainment company Ankama is producing the anime while Studio Massket animates it.
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 new cast members of the anime are:
- Risa Hayamizu as Mama Caroni
- Wataru Takagi as Khan Karkass (previously announced)
- Show Hayami as Azalar (previously announced)
The previously revealed cast members and characters of the anime are:
- Rikuya Yasuda as Welsh
- Yuki Kaji as Shedar
- Yūko Kaida as Zabel
- Makoto Furukawa as Joris
- Risa Kayama as Bechame
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.
It was also announced that Takuya Imakado is the monster designer for the series.
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.