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official website for Matoi the Sacred Slayer revealed that the White Fox original will premiere on October 4. Masayuki Sakoi direcets for White Fox while Yousuke Kuroda handles the script. Mai Toda handles character design.
The series centers around two young girls vying to become the next Miko (Shrine maiden/priestess) of the Tema Shrine. Matoi Sumeragi just wants to lead a simple life while Yuma Kusanagi grew up at the Temple with her grandparents and desperately wants to become the next Miko. When it's time to exercise an evil spirit, it's discovered that Matoi has spiritual powers, not Yuma, despite the fact that the latter has been training nearly her entire life to become Miko. Instead of wallowing, the two team up to exercise all evil spirits so that they can both achieve their goals.
Ayaka Suwa voices Sumeragi while Naomi Oozora portrays Kusanagi.
A pre-screening of the anime will be held on September 17 at the Kyoto International Comics and Animation Fair.