“The Executioner and Her Way of Life” Anime Releases New Key Visual And Trailer

The official website for “The Executioner and Her Way of Life” anime released a new visual and teaser trailer. The fantasy Yuri series is set to be released in Spring 2022.

The trailer teases the opening theme song "Paper Bouquet" by Mili. ChouCho is performing the ending theme song "Touka Serenade".

The anime stars Iori Saeki as “Menou” and Moe Kahara as “Akari”. The new visual and trailer revealed additional cast and characters including:

Hisako Kanemoto as “Momo”, the executioner's assistant,

and M.A.O as “Ashuna”, the wandering princess knight.

Official Website Synopsis: Once upon a time, the world was thrown into a chaos by people from another world with special powers known as “The Lost Ones”. To maintain peace, “The Executioners” are to kill “The Lost Ones” without mercy. This is a story of an unlikely pair; executioner Menou, who tries to be pure, honest, and strong to carry out her mission and “The Lost One” Akari who has extraordinary ability. Where will the path lead them?

The anime is an adaptation of the light novel series “The Executioner and Her Way of Life”, known in Japan as “Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road”, written by Mato Sato and illustrated by nilitsu. J.C. Staff is handling the animation production with Yoshiki Kawasaki as director.

Warner Bros. Japan officially announced the TV series in January at the GA Fest 2021 event. The light novels are currently being published in Japan by SB Creative under their GA Bunko imprint and won the grand prize at the GA Bunko Awards in 2018. A manga adaptation was launched in Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine in June 2020.

“The Executioner and Her Way of Life” light novels are currently being published in English by Yen Press. Volume 3 was released on November 30, 2021.

Yen Press Synopsis: The Lost Ones are wanderers who come here from a distant world known as "Japan." No one knows how or why they leave their homes. The only thing that is certain is that they bring disaster and calamity. The duty of exterminating them without remorse falls to Menou, a young Executioner. When she meets Akari, it seems like just another job...until she discovers it's impossible to kill this girl! And when Menou begins to search for a way to defeat this immortality, Akari is more than happy to tag along! So begins a journey that will change Menou forever...

Sources: “Virgin Road” Twitter and website. Warner Bros. Japan Youtube. Yen Press website.

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