Anime premieres on January 8
The staff for the television anime of Robinson Haruhara and Hirakei‘s ‘Tis Time for “Torture,” Princess (Hime-sama, “Gōmon” no Jikan Desu) manga began streaming a 30-second commercial on Sho-Pro‘s YouTube channel on Wednesday. The commercial previews the anime’s ending theme song “Ashita was Ashita no Kaze ga Fuku” by the group LEEVELLES.
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The anime will premiere on January 8
on the Tokyo MX and BS11 channels at 24:00 JST (effectively, January 9 at 12 midnight JST), and then on Kansai TV at January 14. The anime will also stream on the ABEMA streaming service starting on January 8 at 24:00 JST (effectively, January 9 at 12 midnight JST), and then on other streaming services in Japan starting on January 11.
The anime stars:
Yōko Kanemori (The Ancient Magus’ Bride, Attack on Titan episode director) is directing the anime at PINE JAM, and Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Dropkick on My Devil!, In the Land of Leadale) is in charge of the series scripts. Toshiya Kōno (Schwarzes Marken sub-character designs) and Satoshi Furuhashi (Comet Lucifer prop design assistance) are designing the characters, and Masaru Yokoyama (Queen’s Blade: The Exiled Virgin, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans) is composing the music. The band shallm is performing the opening theme song “Massakasa Magic!.”
The manga launched in Shueisha‘s Shonen Jump+ service in Japan in April 2019. Shueisha‘s MANGA Plus service began offering the manga English that October. Shueisha will publish the manga’s 13th compiled book volume on January 4. The manga has over 200 million views.
Publisher Shueisha describes the manga’s story:
A princess held captive, subjected to merciless tortures by the Hellhorde!
Haruhara’s Senyū. manga inspired two television anime in 2013. Crunchyroll streamed both anime as they aired in Japan. Haruhara’s Gakumon! ~Ōkami Shōjo wa Kujikenai~ manga also inspired a Flash anime in 2014.
Haruhara launched the Suginami Tōbatsu Kōmuin – Dungeon Kinmu no Hitobito (Suginami, Public Servant and Eliminator – The People on Dungeon Duty) manga on Shonen Jump+ in January 2018, and Shueisha published the manga’s fourth and final volume in April 2019.
Sources: ‘Tis Time for “Torture,” Princess anime’s Twitter account, Comic Natalie