MADHOUSE production has officially confirmed the release of Orb: On the Movements of the Earth anime by launching its first trailer and visual on July 18, 2024. Along with that came the announcement of its premiere release which is set on a Saturday in October 2024, at 23:45 JST.
The official X account of the anime posted a tweet unveiling its visual at 8:32 AM on July 25, 2024. The visual itself reveals the main cast of the historical drama series, along with respective voice actors.
- Rafal voiced by Maaya Sakamoto
- Nowak voiced by Kenjiro Tsuda
- Hubert voiced by Sho Hayami
Inspiration of Orb: On the Movements of the Earth Anime
The anime is based on Uoto’s Orb: On the Movements of the Earth (Chi: Chikyū no Undō ni Tsuite) manga which was listed on Shogakukan’s Weekly Big Comic Spirits from September 2020 to April 2022.
For clear understanding, Seven Seas Entertainment also released an official English version of the manga which describes the plot as:
“In fifteenth-century Europe, heretics are being burned at the stake. Rafal, a brilliant young man, is expected to enter university at an early age and study the era’s most important field, theology. But Rafal values Reason above all else, which leads him both to the shocking conclusion that the Earth orbits the Sun, and into the hands of the Inquisition!
A decade later, two members of the Watch Guild, the dour young Oczy and the cynical Gras, find a hidden stone chest that details the secrets of the universe Rafal left behind. Dare they try to change their own stars by selling the heretical texts, or would that only lead to the stake and the fire?”