Black Summoner

Black Summoner (黒の召喚士, Kuro no Shōkanshi) is a 2022 anime based on the light novel series with the same name wriiten by Doufu Mayoi and illustrated by Kurogin for volumes 1-6, & DaiXt for volume 7 & beyond currently. It was published by Overlap under their Overlap Bunko imprint on June 25, 2016. The orginal web novel of the series was published by Shōsetsuka ni Narō from October 6, 2014 to July 1, 2024. The manga version of the series was illustrated by Gin Ammo, and was serialized in Overlap's Comic Gardo magazine on January 11, 2018.

The anime series was announced on February 17, 2022.^[1] It was animated by Satelight, directed by Yoshimasa Hiraike, series composition by Yoshimasa Hiraike, music composed by both Michiru & Yuria Miyazono, and it premiered in Japan from July 9, 2022 to September 24, 2022, consisting 12 episodes.

Crunchyroll licensed and produced an English dub of the series, which premiered on their streaming service on July 23, 2022.^[2]^[3]

Synopsis
Kelvin finds himself reincarnated into another world—with a goddess, Melfina, as his servant and guide. He no longer has memories from his previous life—because he’s traded them for the advanced magic skills of a Summoner. But not so fast—first he must start his exciting new life as a common adventurer to avoid drawing too much attention to himself…for the time being!

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Kelvin	Kōki Uchiyama	Van Barr Jr.
	Efil	Manaka Iwami	Bev Mageto
Secondary Characters
	Melfina	Reina Ueda	Tia Ballard
	Gerard Fragarach	Yōsuke Akimoto	Bruce Carey
	Sera	Minori Suzuki	Alexis Tipton
	Clotho	Randhi	Mary Morgan
	Ange	Konomi Inagaki	Brittney Karbowski
	Rion	Yume Miyamoto	Kristi Rothrock
Recurring Characters
	Luca	Maria Naganawa	Emi Lo
	Nana Mizuoka	Kanon Takao	Dani Chambers
	Gilda	¿?	Mark Allen Jr.
	Beth	Aguri Ōnishi	Molly Zhang
	Carol	Rena Maeda	Sara Ragsdale
	Claire	Riho Sugiyama	Casey Casper
	Leo	Hōchū Ōtsuka	Kenny James
	Tōya Kanzaki	Seiji Maeda	Belsheber Rusape
	Urd	Shinya Takahashi	Jeremy Inman
	Setsuna Shiga	Chiharu	Kristen McGuire
	Miyabi Kuromiya	Manatsu Murakami	Molly Searcy
	Ellie	Mikoi Sasaki	Molly Zhang
	Alex	Shūta Morishima	Ethan Gallardo
	Clive Therese	Shōta Aoi	Bryson Baugus

Episodic Characters[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Ep(s).
Slave Trader	Yutaka Aoyama	¿?	1, 3
Raj	Masashi Yamane	Cris George	2
Cashel	Atsushi Tamaru	Justin Briner
Jildora	Hiroyuki Yoshino	Derick Snow
Gimul	Yusuke Kanie	Ry McKeand
Betty	Marie Miyake	Brianna Roberts
Tabra	Minoru Shiraishi	Shawn Gann	4
Victor	Nobuo Tobita	Justin Cook	4-5
Colette Deramilius	Rie Kugimiya	Jad Saxton	4, 7
Hope	Shūta Morishima	Kristian Eros	6
Cristoph	Shunichi Maki	Mike Smith
Prisra	Juri Nagatsuma	Katelyn Barr
Ado	Takaki Ōtomari	Phil Parsons
Karna	Ayaka Asai	Lindsay Seidel
Mist	Rei Sakuma	Wendy Powell	6, 8
Moon	Coco Hayashi	¿?	7
Tsubaki Fujiwara	Shizuka Itō	Elizabeth Maxwell	8
Azgrad Trycen	Makoto Furukawa	Eric Pulido	10
Zel Trycen	Atsushi Ono	Jim Foronda
Shutora Trycen	Hana Hishikawa	Kelly Greenshield
Jin Dalba	Takumi Mano	Josh Bangle
Dan Dalba	Naomi Kusumi	Bill Jenkins
Spy Leader	Kazuki Kyan	¿?
Tristan Faze	Akira Ishida	Jan Aponte	10, 12
Commander	Masaaki Ihara	¿?	11
Ulfred / Chimera Legion Adjutant	Keisuke Fujii	¿?	11
Nelras	Kazuyuki Okitsu	Alex Rain	11-12
Leonhart Gaun	Yuka Ozaki	¿?	12