A brand-new trailer was released for the Scum of the Brave anime today, showing off more of the series' supernatural action before an January 10 broadcast start and subsequent simulcast on Crunchyroll . toi8, illustrator for the original web novel, also shared an illustration to commemorate the anime's incoming debut. Scum of the Brave Trailer Art by toi8 RELATED: Sentenced to Be a Hero, Scum of the Brave Anime Unveil Collaboration Video and Illustration Shinji Ushiro ( DON'T TOY WITH ME, MISS NAGATORO 2nd Attack ) directs the Scum of the Brave anime at studio OLM, with series composition by Yoichi Kato ( Duel Masters franchise), character designs by Rika Murakami ( Zoids Wild ) and music by Kenichiro Suehiro ( Fire Force ). Originally a web novel serialized on Kadokawa's Kakuyomu platform, the Scum of the Brave light novel is written by Rocket Shoukai, illustrated Yuya Kusaka and published by Fujimi Shobo under their Kadokawa Books imprint. A manga adaptation with artwork by Nakashima723 is published in Japan by Leed Publishing in their Comic Border manga magazine. Crunchyroll describes the story: In the mid-21st century, Tokyo's mafia can turn into ether-enhanced Demon Lords, and Braves hunt them down. Yashiro, the Grim Reaper, reluctantly takes a new apprentice named Aki Jogamine, a high school girl training to become a Brave. He soon finds himself dragged into one troublesome case after another. The supernatural story of a scumbag master and his self-proclaimed apprentice begins! Source: Comic Natalie
