To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts
To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts is a Japanese dark fantasy manga series written and illustrated by. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from June 2014 to June 2023, with its chapters collected in fifteen volumes. The manga is licensed for English release in North America by Vertical. A Season 1 's 12-episode anime television series adaptation by MAPPA was broadcast from July to September 2019.
Plot
100 years after settlers on the continent of Patria established a democratic nation, The nation of Patria split between the industrial Northern Union and the mining towns of the Southern Confederation began fighting the war. While the South had greater numbers, the North had a secret weapon: The Incarnates, soldiers who could transform into giant mythical beasts and single-handedly destroy enemy emplacements. However, when the war ended and a peace treaty was negotiated, the Incarnates were supposed to be destroyed. With the war over, a forward Incarnate troop captain named Hank has made it his mission to hunt down the surviving Incarnates, assisted by a young woman named Nancy who blames him for killing her father.Characters
Main
;Hank Henriette;Nancy Schaal Bancroft
;Cain Madhouse
;Elaine Bluelake
;Claude Withers
;Liza Runecastle
;Miglieglia
Incarnate Soldiers
;John William Bancroft;Daniel Price
;Theodore Sherman
;Arthur Allston
;Christopher Keynes
;Elizabeth Weezer
;Beatrice Serrault
;Rex Brock
;Miles Byron
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by the duo, To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from 9 June 2014 to 9 June 2023. Kodansha collected its chapters in fifteen volumes, released from 9 December 2014 to 8 August 2023.North American manga publisher Vertical announced their license to the series in August 2015. The fifteen volumes were published from 17 May 2016 to 14 May 2024.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced in February 2019. The series was animated by MAPPA and directed by Jun Shishido. Shigeru Murakoshi oversaw series composition, Daisuke Niinuma designed the characters, and Yoshihiro Ike composed the music. The Season 1's 12-episode series aired from 1 July to 16 September 2019 on Tokyo MX, BS11, and MBS. The opening theme song is "Sacrifice" by Mafumafu, while the ending theme song is "HHOOWWLL" by Gero and Araki.Crunchyroll streamed the series. Crunchyroll produced an English dub.