{"rewrite":{"id":"r_d8b7f194298b306a11d910c1","clusterId":"c_8c70779cf227457d27302cc9","slug":"viz-media-licenses-the-seven-knights-of-the-marronnier-kingdom-manga","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Viz Media Licenses The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom Manga","summary":"Viz Media announced on Thursday that it is publishing Nao Iwamoto's The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom manga in English. The company uploaded the first two chapters digitally the same day. The fantasy romance centers on seven brothers who are knights of the Marronnier Kingdom. The kingdom sits at the center of eight kingdoms, and each brother is dispatched to a different one as an ambassador on a quest to find his fated partner. The manga launched in Shogakukan's Flowers magazine in 2016, and Shogakukan shipped the 11th compiled volume on June 10. It topped the list of manga for female readers in the 2018 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook. A television anime adaptation debuted on October 3 on the NHK Educational channel at 6:25 p.m. JST, and Amazon Prime Video added the series on the same day with English subtitles and an English dub.","whyItMatters":"The English release of the manga arrived a day before the anime's NHK Educational premiere, and Prime Video carried the dub on the same day, so the licensing and streaming pieces landed together rather than in the usual staggered order.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eJ.C. Staff is animating the series, with Kiyoko Sayama directing. Sayama\u0026#39;s prior credits include Skip Beat!, Vampire Knight, and seasons 2 and 3 of To Your Eternity.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShinzo Fujita writes and oversees the series scripts, Yuriko Maeda designs the characters, Yoshiaki Fujisawa composes the music, and Jin Aketagawa is the sound director.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Japanese cast is led by Kengo Takanashi as Nemukunai, Makoto Tanikawa as Hakuai, Haruki Ishiya as Atsugariya, Satoshi Inomata as Samugariya, Kiyoto Mizuno as Kemono Tsukai, Taishi Murata as Tsurugi Jiman, Reiji Kawashima as Harapeko, Akeno Watanabe as Baribara, and Show Hayami as the narrator. The English dub was recorded at Deluxe Los Angeles, with Brett Calo directing and serving as casting director.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKevin Andrew Rivera voices Insomniac in the dub, with Sean Smith as Chilly, Chelsea Krause as Baribara, Mariah Tzoumbas as Bruno, Paul Castro Jr. as Fraternity, Ryan Bartley as Hungry, John Patneaude as Swordsman, Skyler Brigmann as Feverish, and Corey Holland as Beast-Tamer.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIwamoto\u0026#39;s earlier manga Kingdom of Gold, Kingdom of Water inspired the Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom anime film, which opened in January 2023. Seven Seas Entertainment released that manga in English.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Viz Media put up the first two chapters the same day it announced The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom, while the anime airs on NHK Educational with an Amazon Prime Video dub. The manga is on volume 11.","twitterPost":"Viz Media's The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom release skips the print wait: two chapters are up digitally, while the anime streams with a dub.","threadsPost":"Viz Media uploaded the opening chapters of The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom on the same day as the license announcement, not months ahead of a print run. The manga is at volume 11 in Japan, and the anime is already airing with an English dub on Amazon Prime Video.","newsletterBlurb":"Viz Media is publishing Nao Iwamoto's The Seven Knights of the Marronnier Kingdom in English, with the first two chapters already up digitally. 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