Somali and the Forest Spirit


Somali and the Forest Spirit is a Japanese fantasy manga series by Yako Gureishi. It has been serialized online since April 2015 via Tokuma Shoten's online manga magazine Web Comic Zenyon. It has been collected in six tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Satelight and HORNETS premiered from January 9 to March 26, 2020. It is co-produced by Crunchyroll.

Plot

The world is ruled by spirits, goblins, and all manner of strange creatures. Human beings are persecuted, to the very point of extinction. One day, a golem and a lone human girl meet. This is a record of the pair, one a member of a ruined race, the other a watchman of the forest. It tells of their travels together and of the bond between father and daughter, but the golem can only live for another year or so, he must find other humans in order to get her with her own race before he dies.

Characters

;Somali
;Golem
;Shizuno
;Yabashira
;Kikila
;Kokilila
;Muthrica
;Uzoi
;Haitora
;Hazel
;Praline
;Rosa-obasan

Media

Manga

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on March 22, 2019. The series was originally scheduled to premiere in October 2019, but the premiere date was pushed back to January 2020. The series is co-animated by Satelight and HORNETS, with Kenji Yasuda directing the series and Ikuko Itoh designing the characters. Mariko Mochizuki is handling series composition, and Ryo Yoshimata is composing the series' music. It premiered from January 9 to March 26, 2020 on AbemaTV, Tokyo MX, and BS-NTV. Naotarō Moriyama performs the series' opening theme song "Arigatō wa Kocchi no Kotoba," while Inori Minase performs the series' ending theme song "Kokoro Somali." Crunchyroll debuted the first episode on January 2, 2020, a week before its Japan airing. It will run for 12 episodes.
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