Shadows House

Alternate Title
シャドーハウス

Synopsis

There is a secret in this house…

In the Shadow House, a large mansion perched on a cliff, live the faceless, aristocratic Shadow family and their “living dolls,” attendants that serve as their faces. One day, Kate, a girl from the Shadow family, is visited by a living doll, and thus begins the mysterious daily lives of the Shadows and dolls.

Background

Shadows House began as a manga series written and illustrated by the duo Somato that has been serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump since September 2018. A color version is also released simultaneously in My Neighbor’s Young Jump and on the Young Jump! app, and the manga is distributed near-simultaneously in South Korea in the Neverbooks series. Six tankobon volumes have been published to date with the seventh volume releasing on March 18, 2021.

An anime adaptation was announced in the sixth volume of the manga in October 2020. It is being animated by CloverWorks with Kazuki Ohashi (Nisekoi, Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend Flat, Tsukimonogatari) directing, Toshiya Ono (Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga, Gatchaman Crowds, The Promised Neverland) handling series composition, Chizuko Kusakabe (Inazuma Eleven Go vs. Danboru Senki W, Pumpkin Scissors, Trouble Chocolate) handling character designs, and Kenichiro Suehiro (Cells at Work!, Goblin Slayer, Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-) composing the music. The ending theme song is "Nai Nai" by ReoNa, and the opening theme song is yet to be announced. The anime will premiere in Japan on April 10, 2021 on Tokyo MX, BS11, and other channels.

Characters

Kate (Voiced by: Akari Kito)
Emiriko’s shadow. She cares a lot for Emiriko. She is wise and thoughtful. Like the rest of the Shadow family, her entire body is covered in shadows and soot rises up from her head when she feels negative emotions. She is very graceful but is also skeptical and stubborn. She is often encouraged by Emiriko’s cheerfulness and can-do attitude.

Emiriko (Voiced by: Yu Sasahara)
Kate’s living doll. She is so cheerful and positive that she is teased as being a “flower garden.” She has good health and is a voracious eater whose favorite food is bread. She often makes mistakes but works hard to be useful to Kate. She can’t read well yet but is learning. She trusts Kate.

John (Voiced by: Kodai Sakai)
Shaun’s shadow. He has a lively and straightforward personality. He is free-spirited and somewhat forceful, but is also honest and reliable. His personality is noticeably different from Shaun’s

Shaun (Voiced by: Kodai Sakai)
John’s living doll. He can do anything with ease. Though he has bad eyesight, he doesn't often wear glasses due to wanting to match his master. He has a rivalry with Ricky. He is knowledgeable and has a sense of justice.

Louise (Voiced by: Ayane Sakura)
Lou’s shadow. She loves herself and, naturally, also loves Lou’s face. Contrary to Lou’s quiet nature, she is talkative and unreserved. She only cares about Lou’s face and doesn’t care if her body is damaged. She likes putting makeup on Lou. She is good friends with Sara.

Lou (Voiced by: Ayane Sakura)
Louise’s living doll. She isn’t good at asserting herself and behaves earnestly according to her master’s requests. She is also quiet and is often expressionless. She isn’t good at making her own choices and believes that it’s her role to obey Louise at all times, which has led to her having exemplary behavior as a living doll.

Patrick (Voiced by: Reiji Kawashima)
Ricky’s shadow. He is arrogant but has a sensitive heart. He trusts Ricky and often asks for his opinion.

Ricky (Voiced by: Reiji Kawashima)
Patrick’s living doll. He is self-assured and confident. He always exercises his ingenuity for his master.

Shirley (Voiced by: Shino Shimoji)
Ram’s shadow. She is quiet and rarely communicates with Ram.

Ram (Voiced by: Shino Shimoji)
Shirley’s living doll. She isn’t good at talking to people.

Edward (Voiced by: Wataru Hatano)
The manager of the children’s wing. He is obsessed with getting to the third floor.

Music

Ending Theme Song: "Nai Nai" by ReoNa

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• Original Creator: so-ma-to
• Director: Kazuki Ohashi
• Series Composition: Toshiya Ono
• Character Design: Chizuko Kusakabe
• Art Director: Chihiro Goto, Hirofumi Sakagami
• Art Supervision: Hiroshi Kato
• Art Design: Mitsuki Maeda
• 3D Director: Katsuaki Miyaji
• 2D Work: Aya Kubota
• Color Design: Sachiko Urushido
• Prop Design: Yuuko Yoshida
• Director of Photography: Yoshiki Obata
• Editing: Kazuhiro Nii
• Sound Director: Kisuke Koizumi
• Sound Production: Half HP Studio
• Music: Kenichiro Suehiro
• Animation Production: CloverWorks