# Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles (2021)

> An orphan in the slums of a sword and sorcery world awakens to the memories of a past life and must fight his way to survival.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/94844

## Facts

- Seasons: 2
- Episodes: 24
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Returning Series
- Genres: animation, fantasy, action, adventure
- Network: TV Tokyo
- Cast: Ayaka Suwa, Akane Fujita, Yuuki Kuwahara, Tomori Kusunoki, Sayaka Harada, Sayumi Suzushiro, Kaede Hondo, Sayaka Kaneko
- TMDB rating: 7.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13544802/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Tone: earnest, melancholic, brisk action, tense

## What critics say

Audiences rate the series positively, though reviewers find its isekai premise familiar and its power fantasy generic.

## Synopsis

Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles (2021-2024) is a Japanese animated isekai fantasy series broadcast on TV Tokyo, produced by TMS Entertainment. It follows Rio, an orphan who survives the slums after his mother's death, until he awakens to the memories of Haruto Amakwa, a man who died in an accident, and realizes he has been reborn in a world of swords and sorcery. His struggle to survive and make sense of two lives drives each episode, as he trains in combat and magic while navigating a dangerous new world. Celia Claire, Aishia and Latifa are among the principal characters voiced by Akane Fujita, Yuuki Kuwahara and Tomori Kusunoki, with Ayaka Suwa voicing young Rio. The series runs for two seasons and twenty-four episodes, with a serialized, action-driven structure. Its tone is earnest and sometimes melancholic, grounded in the grief of a lost mother and a lost past, while its combat sequences keep the pace brisk. Fans of Re:Zero, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime and Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation will find the same blend of reincarnation, magic and fantasy adventure here.

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