Somali and the Forest Spirit


Somali and the Forest Spirit is a Japanese fantasy manga series by Yako Gureishi. It was serialized online from April 2015 to October 2019 via Tokuma Shoten's online manga magazine Web Comic Zenyon. It was collected in six volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Satelight and Hornets ran from January 9 to March 26, 2020. Crunchyroll co-produced and streamed the series.
After a long hiatus, the manga officially ended on December 22, 2020, due to the author Yako Gureishi's health problems.

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

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 was co-animated by Satelight and Hornets, with Kenji Yasuda directing the series and Ikuko Itoh designing the characters. Mariko Mochizuki handled the series composition, while Ryo Yoshimata composed the series' music. It aired from January 9 to March 26, 2020, on AbemaTV, Tokyo MX, and BS-NTV and ran for 12 episodes. Naotarō Moriyama performed the series' opening theme song "Arigatō wa Kocchi no Kotoba," while Inori Minase performed the series' ending theme song "Kokoro Somali." Crunchyroll debuted the first episode on January 2, 2020, a week before its Japan airing. On May 18, 2021, it was announced that Sentai Filmworks picked up the home video rights.
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