 A television anime adaptation of Satoshi Mizukami's Hoshi no Samidare (Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer) manga was announced by publisher Shounen Gahousha on Monday, scheduled for a Summer 2022 airing. Digital distribution company My Theater D.D. simultaneously opened an official website, revealing a teaser visual (pictured) and the main staff.Nobuaki Nakanishi (Mahoujin Guruguru, Myself; Yourself episode director) is helming the anime. Original creator Satoshi Mizukami (Planet With) and Yuuichirou Momose (Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka?, Infinite Dendrogram) are in charge of the series composition. Synopsis One day, college student Yuuhi Amamiya is approached by talking lizard Sir Noi Crezant. Crezant immediately launches into a fantastical story: the powerful mage Animus intends to destroy the earth with his biscuit hammer, a huge contraption looming high in earth's orbit. Earth's only hope lies with the princess and her Beast Knights, whose task is to protect the princess and defeat Animus. Yuuhi is chosen as the Lizard Beast Knight, and despite his misgivings, is quickly forced to defend himself from a golem created by the mage. He is saved by his neighbor, the princess Asahina Samidare, and swears loyalty to her. However, the princess does not intend to save the earth at all. She lets Yuuhi in on her real motivations: to prevent Animus from destroying the earth, only to then annihilate the planet by her own hand. The pair continue to fight off attacks by Animus's golems while the remaining Beast Knights are slowly being gathered and learning to use their powers. But Yuuhi will have to decide for himself whether to go along with Asahina's plans, whom he is getting close to, or to save the earth. In the process, he must also confront his true self, and determine where his loyalties truly lie. [Written by MAL Rewrite] The adventure comedy manga ran in Young King OURs between June 2005 and August 2010. Shounen Gahousha published the manga in ten volumes from January 2006 to November 2010. JManga began publishing the manga in English in February 2012 and released five volumes before going defunct in May 2013. Seven Seas Entertainment re-licensed the manga in November that year and published it in 2-in-1 omnibus volumes between November 2014 and November 2015. Crunchyroll and Book☆Walker Global added the manga to their catalog in September 2014 and November 2015. Official site: https://hoshinosamidare.jp/ Book☆Walker special page: https://bookwalker.jp/series/4674/ Source: Comic Natalie Hoshi no Samidare on MAL |
VindstotJan 24, 2022 4:44 AM
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| Oh well, a sudden announcement after these many years. Looking forward. |
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| Best news I've heard in a while. Hopefully, this does well. I'd like to see Satoshi's other works adapted as well. |
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| As much I like the manga, the staff seems questionable but hoping they can pull it up a notch |
| after all of this year, really? not that i am complaining. but tbh, planet with was pretty dissapointing. so i keep expectation low. |
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| i didn't finish reading the manga, but i'm still very excited for this nonetheless! |
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| Not too long ago I kinda felt like giving it a reread. |
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| Wel, the synopsis really sound very interesting to me. I will keep tab on this one. Plus manga is complete and somewhat short, so i hope its a complete adaptation |
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| wtf, well I woulda preferred spirit circle over this |
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| I feel like OLM gonna be the studio behind this anime. |
| Holy crap, can't believe this is finally getting an anime, hopefully it's a whole and good adapation. |
| “I just spent the last two years thinking that you guys knew more than me about life and I just found out that you guys are just as dumb as me.” “Duh-doy.” “Yeah, duh-doy.” |
| Okay, so 2022 is going to be the year of my favorite classic IPs getting adaptations out of nowhere and me stressing about whether they'll butcher them or not. Hoping for the best! btw, there's no point to this existing if they don't license Biscuit Hammer and Blues Drive Monster by the pillows in some way, shape or form!!!1 |
ShadowMonkeyJan 24, 2022 1:51 AM
| This will go down as one of the textbook proofs of never say never when it comes to anime adaption. |
| I'm not sure how I feel about the initial staff choices and how it will be when the anime airs, but I'm just happy that this is getting an anime. Such a welcome surprise along with Insomniacs After School getting an anime. I hope it's a good adaptation, enough to get others to read Mizukami works like this and Spirit Circle since they are fuckin class. |
| wait wait wait, you're telling me that one of the best manga ever made is getting an anime? I can't contain my excitement, I'm so pumped, it's incredible, a miracle. I don't even care if they adapt it 1:1, just seing our devil princess is enough. some video made for the manga 7 years ago, a bit spoilery but the song is from the pillows, there was actually a plan for an adaptation back in the day and they made the OP |
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| This manga finally getting an anime after so many years. |
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| So, nowadays anything gets adapted, even old titles? |
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| never heard of this but im glad another good old school manga is getting an adaptation which they rightfully deserve. seriously makes me so happy that they're getting it, really hope it gets adapted well !! |
| I read this 8-10 years ago. It wasn't a big story but I liked when I read it. I think it was better than nowadays average series. |
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| Had it on my PTR, but now I'll have to wait and see if the adaptation is good. The fans must be really happy. RobertBobert said: Isn't that a good thing though?So, nowadays anything gets adapted, even old titles? |
elnino02 said: Had it on my PTR, but now I'll have to wait and see if the adaptation is good. The fans must be really happy. RobertBobert said: Isn't that a good thing though?So, nowadays anything gets adapted, even old titles? In principle, yes, I'm just surprised at what seemed like a fabulous ideal 5-6 years ago. |
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RobertBobert said: Yeah, it is surprising. Probably ran out of mediocre manga/LN to adapt or something - it's anyone's guess really. Well, the fans must be overjoyed, so good for them.elnino02 said: Had it on my PTR, but now I'll have to wait and see if the adaptation is good. The fans must be really happy. Isn't that a good thing though? In principle, yes, I'm just surprised at what seemed like a fabulous ideal 5-6 years ago. |
elnino02 said: RobertBobert said: Yeah, it is surprising. Probably ran out of mediocre manga/LN to adapt or something - it's anyone's guess really. Well, the fans must be overjoyed, so good for them.In principle, yes, I'm just surprised at what seemed like a fabulous ideal 5-6 years ago. Well, I wouldn't mind if some of my old favorite manga got adaptations. Especially if it's not mainstream. |
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| Nothing jumps out. It feels more like an adaptation for existing fans, and that's not I. Pass. |
| Well I for one already loved Lain. |
| This is such a weird announcement to wake up to lmao I'm not sure if I should be happy yet tho because the people attached to it so far (that's not the mangaka) are pretty meh |
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| Absolutely insane to imagine this is actually happening, just hope they really do it justice. |
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| This sounds very enjoyable lol, I can't wait |
| I was planning on reading this a few months ago, gotta speed up that promise. |
| WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT |
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| Welp, I have this manga in my plan to read list since years ago, better read it before this airs. |
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| Oh my fucking god WHAAAAATTTTT? That came out of absolutely fucking nowhere. Never in a million years would I ever have expected that. I mean I was hoping for it for more than ten years but I was absolutely convinced it would never happen. I mean, why the hell IS it happening now? Not that I'm complaining, but it is pretty strange. Now just keeping my fingers crossed that they don't fuck this up... |
| there is hope for Spirit Circle anime |
| Perfect time to animate because I forgot everything about it. It's been years. |
| I had the strangest feeling when I read this post because I recognized the name. I started reading the manga probably 7 years ago but never finished it. Maybe I’ll just watch this. |
| Absolutely insane, I thought this ship sailed years ago. Oh well, guess we have an obvious contender for anime of the year now. grandy_UiD said: Oh my fucking god WHAAAAATTTTT? That came out of absolutely fucking nowhere. Never in a million years would I ever have expected that. I mean I was hoping for it for more than ten years but I was absolutely convinced it would never happen. I mean, why the hell IS it happening now? Not that I'm complaining, but it is pretty strange. Now just keeping my fingers crossed that they don't fuck this up... It's beautiful, isn't it? |
| Steel Ball Run anime when? |
So much so, that I still can hardly believe it's true. I've dreamed about this for literally over a decade (holy shit I'm old) and now it's supposed to actually happen? It's surreal. |
Genocyber said: wtf, well I woulda preferred spirit circle over this Same, i enjoyed Spirit Circle much more than this one |
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| No… way… I am so happy. Planet With was so fun so I’m excited to see this awesome work be animated!!!!!!! |
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| One of my favorite manga, never expected this!!! I am so ready for it. |
 » Escapism. |
| Certainly came out of nowhere, this! Seeing a lot of positive hype above and the MAL score suggests that this could be one to look out for. Just reading the synopsis though, I couldn't help but be a little confused and curious at the same time. @AWorldW-OShrimp Oh, that’s interesting, thanks for the sharing! |
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| Wow. I read some of this manga a while ago (never finished it, but I probably will now), and thought that it would make a pretty good anime, but I didn’t think it would happen. I am very hyped. |
| Pandora Hearts is the best manga ever made and deserves an anime reboot |
AWorldW-OShrimp said: RobertBobert said: So, nowadays anything gets adapted, even old titles? If you look at the yearly stats shared by the anime industry, anime has grown massively in the past decade, thanks in particular to explosive growth in international markets (esp. the US and China). Many more series are being made now than was the case a decade ago. When there's a lot more cash sloshing around in the market and a lot more stuff getting made, stuff like this may happen. grandy_UiD said: So much so, that I still can hardly believe it's true. I've dreamed about this for literally over a decade (holy shit I'm old) and now it's supposed to actually happen? It's surreal. Same! I literally never thought we'd see the day. Well, I don't mind, the main thing is that these titles are interesting to me. |
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